Graphene recommending this at all is extremely sus. My objective of using your operating system is to avoid giving Google any information I possibly can. Don’t know why they always recommend using Google shit in a sandbox like those packets aren’t still coming from my IP.
Its not sus. They’re just hyper-aware of security. And Aurora is just not terribly secure. Its just that you’re now choosing between privacy and maximum security. And I prioritize privacy, personally.
how is Aurora less secure than PlayStore directly? GOS devs literally never make sense, and of course they recommend a app store that doesn’t even properly label non open/free apps distincly, it is not like they evwr cared about FOSS just vague “security” theater
because aurora store isn’t developed by a big team of professionals with a massive budget, and aren’t getting security audits by other teams of well-funded professionals.
the point isn’t that aurora store is insecure, the point is that the play store is VERY secure (it’ll just also merrily sell your data to palantir)
If your threat model includes Google as a trusted party, you’re an untrusted party to me.
It is sus that they privilege Google software in so many ways over other FOSS implementations. Saying “well Google can be trusted to be reasonably secure” is not an excuse for anyone who considers Google to be one of the primary parties they wish to keep their information away from.
I have a lot more trust in F-Droid because they take a principled stance against Google. Maybe their software is not as high quality as GOS devs would insist, but I can trust that they will not act against my interests, far more so than the GrapheneOS project.
The Play Store requires a Google account. Using a second profile is extremely inconvenient.
Graphene recommending this at all is extremely sus. My objective of using your operating system is to avoid giving Google any information I possibly can. Don’t know why they always recommend using Google shit in a sandbox like those packets aren’t still coming from my IP.
Its not sus. They’re just hyper-aware of security. And Aurora is just not terribly secure. Its just that you’re now choosing between privacy and maximum security. And I prioritize privacy, personally.
They pretty much only recommend Accrescent.
how is Aurora less secure than PlayStore directly? GOS devs literally never make sense, and of course they recommend a app store that doesn’t even properly label non open/free apps distincly, it is not like they evwr cared about FOSS just vague “security” theater
because aurora store isn’t developed by a big team of professionals with a massive budget, and aren’t getting security audits by other teams of well-funded professionals.
the point isn’t that aurora store is insecure, the point is that the play store is VERY secure (it’ll just also merrily sell your data to palantir)
If your threat model includes Google as a trusted party, you’re an untrusted party to me.
It is sus that they privilege Google software in so many ways over other FOSS implementations. Saying “well Google can be trusted to be reasonably secure” is not an excuse for anyone who considers Google to be one of the primary parties they wish to keep their information away from.
I have a lot more trust in F-Droid because they take a principled stance against Google. Maybe their software is not as high quality as GOS devs would insist, but I can trust that they will not act against my interests, far more so than the GrapheneOS project.