Firewalls are a great way to tell if new apps are secrely installed
Btw what is the key verifier thing?
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So glad I moved to GrapheneOS last month.
Got myself a Pixel 9 pro just to go Graphene… Sold my s24 ultra
Yeah I’m super keen, but my lower-tier Samsung isn’t supported. I really wish FairPhone would offer a cheaper option :(
I already have a pixel. Is it just as easy as installing Lineage OS on the phone?
Yes, perhaps even easier if you use a Chromium based browser with their WebUSB installer.
Even if it’s not the case, I found the console installer to be surprisingly easy.
Absolutely the easiest phone OS installation I’ve ever done. Completely web-based and easy enough for anyone to use. Even easier than flashing LineageOS.
The big hurdle to GrapheneOS is can you do without Google Wallet and other apps that won’t work. The flashing process isn’t something to worry about IMO.
There are functional firewall apps for android? Is Rethink good?
Yes, it also let you change your DNS and block websites. There’s also invizible pro which also adds tor and i2p but rethink have a better UI.
Rethink is better than good. It’s great.
It often feels like I am just a user of someone else’s device.
Even from the stuff that is shown like “Your device has new features” and “Settings changed by carrier”. And how Motorola tried forcing updates by using non-dismisable (they would re-appear immediately) full-screen notifications, and trying to disable the app led me to “Blocked by your IT admin” (I returned that phone).
Also when I connect any modern phone to Wi-Fi not manually set as metered it starts downloading a bunch of random shit automatically.
It keeps killing apps I want running (I had to use a cheap dumb phone as alarm clock with the past 2 smartphones), but keeps all Google services conveniently spending data and battery.These are usually installed as core Google apps on Android, and most flavours have them hidden since they’re really just background daemons/libraries.
Gf had the same happen on her Huawei P30 which clearly wasn’t set up to have the apps hidden by default.
If youre degoogling obvs not what you wanna have on your device but technically they shouldn’t be doing much on their own.
Note: The “Key Verifier” one is supposed to be tied to E2EE on Google chat platforms or something on those lines, although you shouldn’t be using those and go for a safer chat instead though
Which FW (Firewall) could be recommended?
TrackerControl
Provides a single process that can be used by all message apps so that they don’t need to implement backdoors into all of them?
Bit out of the loop. What am I looking at?
Google is automatically installing an app on you phone that analyzes your media „to prevent you accidentally viewing nudes”
Phew, I’m always terrified of that. It won’t affect my gore folders, will it?
Videos of mass murders ✅️
A tiny glimpse of a woman’s breast ❌️
Just as American Jesus™ would have wanted.
Google’s secret app that scans your photos for CSAM, but my firewall is configured to autoblock newly installed apps from internet access, thus the notification alerting me an app is trying to access the internet.
Nothing about the app is secret, Google openly advertises it
