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GrapheneOS app sandboxing (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 1 day ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

If I were to install a basic application, such as a calendar, on GrapheneOS, that typically collects unnecessary data, will it still have the capability to gather any data if I do not grant it any permissions? Are all applications sandboxed within GrapheneOS?

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[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

To my knowledge all apps are sandboxed, and you can chose to not grant permissions such as network access. So you can keep your calendar app from spying on you and phoning home.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

For the calendar specifically, you could use something like DAVx5 to sync your calendar onto your phone. Then, Google Calendar would only be displaying the calendar that’s already sync’d to your phone, and you could revoke network permissions from Google Calendar.

Otherwise, for a program that transmits a bunch of data whenever it connects to the internet you don’t have a way to finely control that.

I haven’t use a DNS filter on GrapheneOS before, but that might be able to block specific connections.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

In terms of app sandboxing, I don't think GrapheneOS is doing much to improve privacy, besides sensor and network premission. https://grapheneos.org/features#improved-sandboxing detailed its improvement to sandboxing, but it is more for malicious app, but not for data hungry app, like google product.

In general, an app can only track your behavior within the app besides the premissions you granted (Play service provides an global advertizing ID, which can also be used for tracking, but you can disable it or reset it at any time). You can check these premissions on the premission tab, and the three dots on the top right will show you all premissions.

[-] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago

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Anyway, they encrypt.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

They encrypt indeed.

this post was submitted on 14 Jul 2025
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