Building a better web for all of us: hiram.io

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Joined 2 years ago
Cake day: July 7th, 2023
  • HiramFromTheChi@lemmy.worldtoPrivacy@lemmy.ml•Approximately 1 in 25 Pixel users run GrapheneOSEnglish
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    23 days ago

    One of my ideas for increasing GrapheneOS market share is to market GOS as the minimalist phone so many crave.

    In recent times, I’ve stumbled across a handful of articles about how dumbphones are back, and how people crave more minimalist phones to curb smartphone addiction or otherwise.

    GrapheneOS is a great minimalist phone that’s still “smart,” yet secure and private.

    GOS is a way better option than dumbphones because:

    1. Chances are you’ll need some sort of smartphone functionality. For example: Digital “live” tickets that you can’t screenshot and need to be opened on your phone directly (Ticketmaster, MLB, etc.)
    2. Using a dumbphone reverts you to older technologies and protocols, like cell towers and SMS. These are inherently insecure and shouldn’t be used anymore. So even though you might “feel” like you’re better off, your communications (text, audio, video) take a huge leap backwards in terms of privacy and security.
  • HiramFromTheChi@lemmy.worldtoPrivacy@lemmy.ml•Approximately 1 in 25 Pixel users run GrapheneOSEnglish
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    27 days ago

    It’s barbones Android, without the Google. You can add the Google stuff if you want, but by default, it comes completely de-Googled.

    It also comes with some extra features, like granular app-level permissions, sandboxed Google Play Services (which a lotta apps use), duress PIN, and more.

    Widely regarded as the safest and most private “commercial” mobile operating system.

    Disclaimer: I run SwapMyOS, a GrapheneOS/custom ROM installation service.