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[-] [email protected] 117 points 2 weeks ago

If cops don't like it, it must be good!

[-] [email protected] 84 points 2 weeks ago

yeah, but you cant trust anything any police officer tells you.

they are liars by policy and anti-intellectual by culture.

[-] [email protected] 45 points 2 weeks ago

Had a friend apply, he passed the test but didn't get hired because he scored too well in certain areas (he's too independent a thinker).

Would've been a very good cop, doesn't react to being goaded, or to stresses, great negotiator, physically in great shape and a big dude.

[-] [email protected] 23 points 2 weeks ago

He should do it again, maybe in a Town over or something and answer all the questions "wrong" lmao

[-] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago

police in general dont like to hire people with significant education or too "smart".

[-] [email protected] 73 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I run GrapheneOS because it gives me full control over what my phone does and gives me the ability to restrict access to anything on all applications or uninstall any application I don't want on my phone even if it causes some functionalities to break.

This is how all devices should be by default.

Had lawmakers gotten their heads out of their asses and made actually having control over a device that you own like this a legal requirement for all devices, I wouldn't need to be using GrapheneOS.

[-] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago

I'm considering switching too, I'm tired of feeling helpless.

Out of curiosity, have you had a lot of encounters with apps that won't run because of play integrity? If so, have you managed to work around them in any way?

[-] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago

My banking app. It has been years since I last checked if it works, maybe it works now but I don't care. I just use the browser to do my banking.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I have a little rinky dink credit union that only has a few locations locally, I got there's to work. I even got cash app (the most problematic) to work, zelle works through my bank app, venmo works, everything works. You may have to do a setting workaround for your app that allows Google to be unsandboxed for that app only, or at least that is my understanding of what it's doing.

If I remember right, it was this setting that finally made cash app work, I'm pretty sure my banking app just worked, but if I remember right, that hasn't always been the case.

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[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

wow, that's a lot better than I thought! thanks!

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

I haven't tried Graphene, but I think I did get my banking app working on my backup phone running EvolutionX or something. I forgot the name of the ROM. 3-4 years ago when it was my main phone running Lineage, the banking app didn't work and then they messed up the stock ROM with Android 12, I just straight up gave up on Android and moved to iOS. Now Graphene is starting to sound better by the day, but I've since started using a banking app that outright blocks GrapheneOS -.- Suppose there's no way to get around having two phones if I want privacy AND support for all the apps I use.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

ah, I had a feeling it'd be like this. Honestly, so long as there's a workaround (such as using my web browser), I'm still happy to switch to something like Graphene.

Thanks!

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

you can install sandboxed play services for those apps. i created a separate user profile that has it installed for the apps that need it. By creating a separate profile, you isolate all the apps installed on that profile and they don't have access to the data on your main profile

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

oh wow, that's a really handy feature, I'm feeling a lot more confident that I should switch, now. Thanks!!

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

it's super simple to install. the hardest thing for you will be to get used to go through more setps to do normal tasks due to the multiple profiles you can create. i recomment you create a profile for banking, one for social stuff, one for google stuff and one for web browsing. the more you isolate each task, the more control you have over your data

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

awesome! thats all perfectly fine by me, I like to keep things organized

[-] [email protected] 50 points 2 weeks ago

If you can't manage the software on your phone, do you really own your phone?

[-] [email protected] 41 points 2 weeks ago

I’m not a criminal, don’t pirate things, don’t have really anything more to hide than anyone does

But I like privacy, I like having some level of trust in my own device to not be sending my information to both my government and foreign ones.

It has nothing to do with crime.

[-] [email protected] 25 points 2 weeks ago

I can't think of the exact quote but paraphrasing:

"I like privacy, not because I have something to hide but fear the people who decide what is a crime."

[-] [email protected] 35 points 2 weeks ago

This just in, criminals drink water.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

No, criminals prefer the far more dangerous Di-hydrogen Monoxide

[-] [email protected] 28 points 2 weeks ago

We can't spy on you now, so you're up to something! -government

[-] [email protected] 26 points 2 weeks ago

Heck yeah! Let's all be criminals!

Be gay, do crime.

[-] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago

Am I able to use graphene os without being gay?

[-] [email protected] 14 points 2 weeks ago

No mate is on its end user license agreement

[-] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago

[Joke] Only if you don't use it for crimes.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

We'll it's a good thing I'm aware of and diligently follow all laws

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Mhm, sure 😜

[-] [email protected] 17 points 2 weeks ago

No better recommendation than cops hate it

[-] [email protected] 17 points 2 weeks ago

That settles it for me, I'm installing it right away.

[-] [email protected] 16 points 2 weeks ago

Criminals do a lot of legal stuff :33

[-] [email protected] 12 points 2 weeks ago

Maybe there should be a detainment mode that starts an android 6 emulator. Then they'll just think you're poor.

[-] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago

I'm free, finally. Just got my Pixel 9 last week.

[-] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago

A privacy-focused operating system may seem more trouble than it’s worth. But when I replaced Google’s Pixel OS with GrapheneOS, I found it to be a transformative experience. For one, the installation was painless, and I didn’t lose any modern software features. Installing aftermarket operating systems used to equal a compromised smartphone experience, but I didn’t find that to be true in the case of GrapheneOS.

Case in point: even though GrapheneOS doesn’t include any Google services, I was surprised to find that you can install the Play Store with relative ease and almost all apps work flawlessly — even most banking ones.

Oh, nice. This sounds promising! I'm adding it to my list: [guix, emacs, graphene]

[-] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago

It was so refreshing to have a clean install without bloatware or having to login to google services right off the bat. Especially after having a carrier locked phone

[-] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago

"we've officially moved to graphene" -cops

[-] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago

I've been thinking about switching lately because as this phone gets more updates it keeps gradually getting more annoying. Only trouble is my carrier is Google Fi right now and I don't know if I can reasonably continue using that on Graphene without privacy concerns.

Though, I originally started using it only because it was cheap. I could probably afford to shop carriers soon.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

You can use Google Fi if you install sandboxed Play Services and give it a few permissions. It's not as private as it could potentially be, but it's still presumably better than stock.

Also, IMO unless you really need the international features, Google Fi isn't worth the price since US Mobile, Visible, Mint, etc. exist.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

if stock android was safe for everybody to use, then they'd be using that. blame google, not the criminals or graphine

[-] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

a lot of non-criminals do too... what's their point? /s

[-] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

because google is constantly datamining the phone, and enshittified alot of it too.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

Why would I listen to the words of criminals?

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

Do all my authenticators still function with it? That's like the only thing holding me back.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

In my experience yes they do.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I use Aegis (Google Authenticator compatible) and it works great. Entrust has also worked for me in the past.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Most seem to work fine. Banking apps can be finicky sometimes

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