I’m currently using GrapheneOS and I quite like it, but I would like to switch to something else. Will I lose much privacy if I switch to e/OS? Can I lock bootloader after flashing it like on GrapheneOS? I’m using Pixel 7 btw

  • Atemu@lemmy.ml
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    11 months ago

    Were you using the Google espionage services on GOS? If so, you’d likely gain a little privacy because of µG.

    Some devices can lock the bootloader but that’s not a generally supported feature on /e/OS.

    • driveway@lemmy.zip
      1·
      11 months ago

      Ah yes, gaining privacy by running microG as root which already has Google code in it instead of running GSF in a sandbox as user.

      • Atemu@lemmy.ml
        1·
        11 months ago
        • µG is not running as root
        • It does not “already have google code in it”. That’s an optional, tightly scoped feature with one specific blob that is required to implement the SafetyNet feature in any implementation
        • I see no reason why you couldn’t run µG inside a sandbox too; the differentiating factor for security is the sandbox, not the GMS implementation. Also has nothing to do with privacy as, contrary to the original GMS, µG doesn’t spy on you to begin with.
      • T0RB1T
        1·
        11 months ago

        Seems like the exactly appropriate amount of drama to me!

        • random65837@lemmy.world
          11·
          11 months ago

          Then you don’t grasp the difference in how the sandboxed play services are implemented in Graphene vs when they’re running with privileged access normally.

          But if you’d like to elaborate on what your concern is with regular user level apps, that basically get zero OS information, and lots of blank/null information back, Id love to hear it.

          • T0RB1T
            1·
            11 months ago

            It’s still a Google espionage service, even if we’re putting a pretty effective blindfold on it.

            If someone wiretaps my landline, but I’ve set it up so they never hear anything (as simple as not using the landline), it’s still a spying device, it’s just been made ineffective.

            • random65837@lemmy.world
              11·
              11 months ago

              Ok, but that’s not really the same as we’re still using the services, and they’re not getting what they want, which is the whole point. You could just not install the play services, but then you lose a ton, vs you getting what you want, and them not, that’s a win. In fact, it’s almost better than a win because it’s one sided.