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The founder of /e/os is anti-security (bsky.app)

submitted 1 week ago by rbits@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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However, we don't have a "hardened security" approach, we aren't developing a phone for pedo(censored) so they can evade justice.

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[–] rbits@lemmy.world 20 points 6 days ago (2 children)

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Their marketing heavily focuses on avoiding Google and gives the impression they believe privacy means avoiding one company. Meanwhile, they add a bunch of Google services not present in the Android Open Source Project and give extensive privileged access to Google apps/services.

From @grapheneos.org

[–] rbits@lemmy.world 17 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Recently, France's national law enforcement began fearmongering about GrapheneOS and smearing it with inaccurate claims. France's corporate and state media heavily participated. Many articles and also radio/television coverage misrepresented GrapheneOS as being for criminals.

From @grapheneos.org

[–] lsjw96kxs@sh.itjust.works 6 points 6 days ago

It was already debunked. A single french tabloid (not true journal) featured why graphene was used by criminals. It's not the government that was specifically targetting it by all means it had.

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 5 points 6 days ago

A fine endorsement.

[–] ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

What priveledged access? I only found one call home from MicroG, and it was easily disabled.

[–] beyond@linkage.ds8.zone 1 points 5 days ago

Been a while since I used microG but I remember the Google registration specifically being opt-in. Then again, I also remember reading that /e/OS automatically enables it, so...