What's the best strategy for changing to GrapheneOS?

rutrum@lm.paradisus.day · 8 months ago

What's the best strategy for changing to GrapheneOS?

Antiochus@lemmy.one · 8 months ago

Does WhatsApp not work at all on Graphene OS or do you just need to enable Google Play services for it to work? (I do understand why you personally may not want to enable the Play services, but I’m just curious about the potential capabilities).

ThrowawayPermanente@sh.itjust.works · 8 months ago

It works fine if you have Google Play Services

Salamander@mander.xyz · 8 months ago

I think that it works, but for it to work you need to enable Google Play services. From what I understand, this is done in a sandboxed manner simulating a fake identity, so it is possible to do this while isolating Google from your phone to an extent. But I think that WhatsApp is in itself problematic and one of the direct offenders that I want to avoid, regardless of its reliance on Google Play services, and so I have not gone through this effort myself.

Christoph Schmees@social.tchncs.de · 8 months ago

@Antiochus @Sal Graphene or any clean Custom-ROM is a waste of time if you intend to use Whatsapp or any of META, TikTok and the like. https://medium.com/@TalBeerySec/hi-meta-whatsapp-with-privacy-6d646c5aa3bc

Redoomed@lemm.ee · edit-2 8 months ago

The official GrapheneOS Twitter account states the complete opposite on several occasions:

https://nitter.net/GrapheneOS/status/1692002070650335259#m

Many people have the misconception that they’re defeating the purpose of GrapheneOS by using privacy invasive apps but in fact the opposite is true. If you want to use those apps, then using GrapheneOS allows you to protect your privacy from them far better than another OS.

https://nitter.net/GrapheneOS/status/1728630943886270827#m

GrapheneOS arguably makes the biggest difference for someone who is going to be using a bunch of mainstream apps including very privacy invasive ones. They need features like Storage Scopes and Contact Scopes more.

https://nitter.net/GrapheneOS/status/1745532453215781151#m

You’ll substantially benefit from our privacy and security features without making significant changes to your apps. In fact, you’ll benefit more from features like Storage Scopes, Contact Scopes, Sensors toggle, etc. if you use a bunch of very privacy invasive apps.