"Meta devised an ingenious system (“localhost tracking”) that bypassed Android’s sandbox protections to identify you while browsing on your mobile phone — even if you used a VPN, the browser’s incognito mode, and refused or deleted cookies in every session."

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[–] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

The solution is to have stronger privacy laws.

Many people have the power to make certain privacy attacks impossible right now. I consider making that change better for those people than adding a law which can't stop the behavior, but just adds a negative incentive.

I wouldn't wait around for the law to prosecute MITM attacks, I would use end to end encryption.

Choosing an esoteric system for yourself is a good way for a free people to protect their privacy, but it won't scale.

If this is referencing using a barely-used system as a privacy or security protection, then I would regard that as bad protection.

Everyone using GrapheneOS would be a net security upgrade. All the protections in place wouldn't just fade away now that Facebook wants to spy on that OS. They're still in place; Facebook's job is still harder than it otherwise would be.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    The problem is that GrapheneOS is only available for Pixel devices.

    I really wish they would support other manufacturers, because I don't really trust Google to make decent hardware (and to be frank, I don't trust them with anything at all).

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I use e/os which is at least de-googled & based on Lineage
    Its not exactly Graphene but it works on 8+ old devices of various manifacturers

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I am very keen to get a Fairphone with e/os next time I switch devices.

    Does it work well with Android Auto? I can't drive much without a map and my music playlist.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    did not test that but here is a page how to "google" the "de-googled" os for supporting that
    https://doc.e.foundation/support-topics/android-auto

    because of that lineage could be a better option

    About Fairphone: there is an alternative (Shiftphone) that is more expensive but with the main plus points of having a higher storage option and the mainboard is replaceable, they also have somewhere a cheap (~200€) phone that should work if you really just need a phone
    (i mention that as an option, because having choice is always better even if it ends up being the first thing that gets choosen)

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