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@esp32@mastodon.social @GrapheneOS@grapheneos.social Supporting Pixel devices has become more difficult, which is why the partnership with Motorola is so valuable. But AOSP is not Google and can be used without Google services, even though AOSP is, in a sense, tied to Google, mainly because Google is the largest contributor, you can create a mobile OS based on AOSP without depending on Google services. You cannot ban FOSS, just as you cannot ban encryption and the mathematics used for it; you can discredit it, try to generate negative publicity, attempt to impose backdoors, etc, which is exactly what authoritarian and fascist regimes are desperately trying to do.

@blueluma@mastodon.social @GrapheneOS@grapheneos.social "I don't think you should attack frontally others like that whenever" Gael Duval attack GrapheneOS, GrapheneOS responds to these attacks. "I understand its CEO and the Murena company might have attack the GrapheneOS project in the past" It's not in the past, these attacks are recuring, and he does it again in this recent video. Duval has been waging a disinformation campaign against GOS for years.

@Tolong4u @GrapheneOS It's planned : https://xcancel.com/GrapheneOS/status/2042754138883104925#m

@lincoln@social.tchncs.de @metr0pl3x@grapheneos.social https://infosec.exchange/@springonion/116391881179655053 PS : This wouldn't be necessary if these groups stopped spreading defamation, misinformation, and attacks against GOS, its team, and its users, which significantly damage the project's image among outsiders who aren't familiar with the subject. Contrary to what some people believe because that's the impression it gives them, not everyone is attacking GOS, but only a few groups, and right now, GOS is facing pressure and smear campaigns from governments, primarily France, and groups like Murena are taking advantage of this to attack security and privacy in the broadest sense, claiming that hardened devices (like Pixels with GOS) are for pedophiles, spies, etc., but not for “normal people.” So, the situation is tense right now, Duval for Murena spread misinfo about GOS since years. Take a class of 20 students: if there are just 3 troublemakers in the back causing chaos and spreading stories about the other students, we only hear from them, but also, their made-up stories are likely to spread throughout the entire school. Be grateful that groups and experts help you avoid pitfalls and make more informed decisions. The GOS team is one of those experts who share their knowledge; if this weren’t available, I’d be way behind.

@davep @GrapheneOS Hahaha, furthermore, this false claim makes no sense: GrapheneOS does not route user communications through these servers; GrapheneOS is not a company and does not offer services such as messaging or email etc.

@metr0pl3x@grapheneos.social Durov is a 🤡, I'm writting this about his comment on social media where he claims that WhatsApp is a scam, I don't like WhatsApp, but at least, WhatsApp uses E2EE for messaging unlike Telegram which doesn't use it and has never offered anything better than “Secret Chat”, which is completely broken and that no one enables or uses, Telegram has access to all users data that passes through its servers. See also : https://rys.io/en/179.html

@lascapi @GrapheneOS API Google Play Integrity is already an illegal anti-competitive practice; the difference is that Google is the only player and has sufficient resources to defend itself, this is what we call a monopoly. Creating an alternative that does exactly the same thing is just as illegal, this alternative is created through a collaboration between different groups because a single group would not have the resources to do it alone, in legal terms, this is called a cartel. The GrapheneOS project account has provided many detailed answers to help clarify the situation and explain the correct approach to take.

@ideaferace@mastodon.uno @GrapheneOS@grapheneos.social Correcting false claims about the project is not bashing competitors, especially since projects like /e/OS, iodéOS, and CalyxOS which the GrapheneOS project account sometimes mentions aren't competitors to GrapheneOS, these projects are not what they claim to be. As for the “brouhaha,” well, unfortunately that’s sometimes the effect of social media, but many people don’t visit the official website. Some good source that might interest you : https://www.kuketz-blog.de/grapheneos-der-goldstandard-unter-den-android-roms-custom-roms-teil7/ https://www.synacktiv.com/en/publications/exploring-grapheneos-secure-allocator-hardened-malloc https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666281726000053?via%3Dihub An underestimated aspect of GrapheneOS : It provides a solid base for reducing addiction on social media and useless stuff.

@flyingpenguinMwauthzyx@dragonscave.space @jonathan859@someplace.social @GrapheneOS@grapheneos.social This has nothing to do with rooting; you cannot install another OS on Samsung devices. Using root breaks Android's security model, and it is strongly discouraged on production devices. GrapheneOS does not support root and does not provide support for users who root their devices. You can build GrapheneOS yourself with root support using your own signing keys, but you will not receive official support, and the device will need to be updated using your own signing keys.

@elena @emilymbender @cwebber @tante "no use exercising your coding skills, AI is too good now, you can't compete with it anyway" "tired of overthinking every decision?" It's a dumbing down and makes stupidity acceptable. Given that the coding generated by AI needs to be checked and often still contains errors or unnecessary code, claiming that AI is so powerful that there's no need for skills is completely false. If you coding using AI but don't understand the code, it's useless.

@catfishes@mastodon.social @GrapheneOS@grapheneos.social Yes, totally agree, and these feature will be expanded to mic, camera, location, etc.

@joenio@mastodon.social @GrapheneOS@grapheneos.social It's 100 % authoritarian, it's 100 % bad, and it's 100 % useless, absolutely zero FUD here.

@flyingpenguinMwauthzyx@dragonscave.space @jonathan859@someplace.social @GrapheneOS@grapheneos.social Unfortunately, Samsung does not support the installation of an alternative operating system. If you do so, an electric fuse (e-fuse) will blow, which will disable all security features, rendering the device unusable, and reverting to the original OS will do nothing.

@GrapheneOS Carbon together strong !

@bettina@mastodon.nu @MisterSmith@mastodon.social @anderslund@expressional.social @murena@mastodon.social This is a cartel launched by three completely untrustworthy companies that lie to and deceive users; they want to lure banking apps, government app, and other apps into authorizing their own broken and insecure products at the expense of other alternatives. We must oppose this. Proposing an alternative to Google’s Play Integrity API that is just as illegal and anti-competitive is absolutely not a good solution, it’s very bad. Users should not have to rely on a centralized authority to choose their operating systems, NO to Play Integrity and NO to Unified Attestation !

@grapheneos_de@mastodon.social This website is not legitimate, and the domain name is problematic; do not use it. A solution will need to be found to address this issue and have the site shut down.

@blueluma@mastodon.social @GrapheneOS@grapheneos.social Duval's statement at 5:07: “We don't have a hardened security approach, we're not developing a phone so that pedophiles (word censored in the video) can evade justice. So there aren't any advanced features, like checking if the memory is corrupted, etc, really hardened features that might be useful for presidents, secret agents, and so on...” The reference to a hardened phone intended for pedophiles is a direct reference to GrapheneOS, the only hardened mobile operating system available, as well as to phones compatible with the project and any other projects or devices that might adopt the same approach. These verbal statements follow a long series of false claims about GrapheneOS on social media. He then states that this hardening may prove effective, but continues with the fallacious logic that it is useful only for high-value, targeted individuals or criminals, and that lambda people would never need it and would have no reason to use enhanced security to protect their data. He claims that GrapheneOS is for a minority and that /e/OS is for everyone.

RE: https://grapheneos.social/@GrapheneOS/116353973732143171 @byteback@mastodon.social To better understand the context behind the defamation and attacks against GrapheneOS, need to go back to 2014, when Daniel Micay’s project was called CopperheadOS until 2018 before James Donaldson attempted to steal his project while Donalson was seeking to collaborate with organized crime groups such as Phantom Secure, the project was renamed GrapheneOS in 2019 and will never again be tied to any individual or company in particular. Copperhead’s attacks were taken up by others, starting with Nicholas Merrill, the founder of the Calyx Institute and a former employee of Copperhead company, whose website is a ghost of Daniel Micay’s former project, he was the only founder and developer. Others have also joined the fray, such as Techlore and Louis Rossmann, a member of Kiwi Farms; there is an entire thread on Kiwi Farms mocking and harassing the founder of GrapheneOS. The people attacking GOS by spreading misinformation about it are either paid agents or employees of fake security and privacy products, such as Murena, IodéOS, Braxphone, and two other companies whose names I’ve forgotten; others are trolls, or people who know nothing about the subject but think they do. https://github.com/beerisgood/Mobile_Security#copperheados-warning-scam https://darknetdiaries.com/transcript/146/ https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/phantom-secure-takedown-031618 https://infosec.exchange/@GrapheneOS@grapheneos.social/116353978326387499 https://discuss.grapheneos.org/d/20165-response-to-dishonest-attacks-on-the-grapheneos-project-by-robert-braxman

@RonRevog@social.tchncs.de @GrapheneOS@grapheneos.social @WeAreFairphone@social.fairphone.community The Unified Attestation initiative is an attempt to create a cartel, no way ! The Play Integrity API only is already a problem, we don't want an alternative that does the same thing ! https://infosec.exchange/@metr0pl3x@grapheneos.social/116211955965368069

@geos@toot.community @byteback@mastodon.social This is not a donation from Mullvad VPN but a private donation from Daniel Berntsson. Berntsson does not represent Mullvad’s views, and he and Fredrik Strömberg, the second co-founder, hold different opinions; what they have in common is a commitment to freedom of expression and the right to privacy. Some people have started attacking GrapheneOS with this distorted story

@elle@weathered-steel.social @GrapheneOS@grapheneos.social "sounds like pretty explicit, "if you're not using proprietary AI models, don't bother" AKA PR propaganda for those firms from a big-name project in the FOSS space" No, that's not the case. GrapheneOS hasn't suddenly become pro-LLM and isn't promoting big AI companies, those are the false claims you're making.