This is the de-Googled, more secure version of the Android Open Source Project. GrapheneOS, the modified version of Android that is devoid of Google while...
Most people will still use Instagram TikTok and such.
The beauty of Graphene is it’s sandboxing and exploit protections are built precisely on assumption that the user will install every single piece of malware out there. The OS doesn’t trust anything by default.
And they function normally in this sandbox? I’m assuming sandbox is just compartmentalization. I’m interested in these mainly because when I use an app, browser, whatever… I want it seeing only what I give it with regular use, I don’t want it digging through my contacts, messages, location, microphone, other programs, yada yada. Instagram should only see what I’m scrolling. The play store should only see what I choose to download.
What better hardware? Google is getting increasingly hostile to Graphene. Pixel hardware also seems to be getting worse. And since Pixel is currently the only hardware you can install Graphene on, this is a beneficial thing that provides an alternative that doesn’t give money to Google.
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Yeah, why bother doing things? Just give up everything to the Google.
The beauty of Graphene is it’s sandboxing and exploit protections are built precisely on assumption that the user will install every single piece of malware out there. The OS doesn’t trust anything by default.
And they function normally in this sandbox? I’m assuming sandbox is just compartmentalization. I’m interested in these mainly because when I use an app, browser, whatever… I want it seeing only what I give it with regular use, I don’t want it digging through my contacts, messages, location, microphone, other programs, yada yada. Instagram should only see what I’m scrolling. The play store should only see what I choose to download.
Yes.
GOS has compatibility issues, but they are unrelated to the sandbox and can be fixed with some tweaking.
I use Instagram to keep up with some friends and family on GrapheneOS AMA
Threat modeling and compartmentalization are a thing
What better hardware? Google is getting increasingly hostile to Graphene. Pixel hardware also seems to be getting worse. And since Pixel is currently the only hardware you can install Graphene on, this is a beneficial thing that provides an alternative that doesn’t give money to Google.
It doesn’t ship with GrapheneOS.