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Play Store blocks AuroraStore, hurting GrapheneOS users (gitlab.com)
submitted 3 weeks ago by to c/opensource@lemmy.ml
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[–] 27 points 3 weeks ago (7 children)

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.

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  • [–] 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    I agree. Specifically, it's privacy AND freedom (free software development model).

    If these two are against maximum security, GrapheneOS consistently chooses security. Which is unfortunate for me, because I would consistently choose freedom. (Especially due to long-term considerations.)

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  • [–] 5 points 3 weeks ago

    You can disregard their recommendation if you wish, I do sometimes. If they were here, I imagine they'd say they don't see privacy and security as contradicting each other, just that there are different threat models. I think they subscribe to the idea that not everyone is going to be sufficiently informed in order to make a rational judgement, so instead they default to lowering potential risk. They do value accessibility for the tech illiterate as well.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 weeks ago (3 children)

    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

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  • [–] 4 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

    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)

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  • [–] 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    Isn't the aurora store just a wrapper around the play-store using an anonimized account? That is exactly the reason that google can easily block them. They obviously found a way to stop the burner accounts that Aurora makes from accessing the store. It would be equal to making a container for each time you renew the anonymous account.

    In other words, unless the aurora app has a backdoor (and I believe it is FOSS, so that should show itself easily), it is as secure as the play store ( which has debatable security, I believe it served malware on several occasions )

    But please correct me if I'm wrong

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  • [–] 0 points 2 weeks ago

    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.

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