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GrapheneOS refuses to comply with new age verification laws for operating systems — group says it will never require personal information (www.tomshardware.com)
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[–] 71 points 5 months ago (2 children)

They have reached a deal with Motorola, so hopefully there will be more options soon. You can get we used pixels pretty cheap though, and the installation process is very easy.

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  • [–] 29 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    I was wondering how this stance will impact that deal. A large company like Motorola would typically seek to comply with laws such as these

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  • [–] 29 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    I'm hoping they already had the discussion with Motorola about it. I'm assuming Motorola wouldn't be on the hook legally since Graphene is the OS provider. I could be wrong though.

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  • [–] 16 points 5 months ago

    In the worst case it will just be Motorola shipping their base android version with verification and then just flashing grapheme over it. Just the way it currently works with pixels.

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    Remember Motorola phones are made by Lenovo which is now an Indian company.

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  • [+] -12 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    Pixel is the brand name from DoubleClick. I've got no interest. Plus, it's a pain to put them on Tracfone, so I've got net-negative interest.

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  • [–] 11 points 5 months ago

    It's not just a pain, it's basically impossible to install Graphene to a TracFone because you'd have to build it all yourself, and then still be vulnerable anyway. I also doubt that you could even get it to properly build for TracFone.

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