Comment on GrapheneOS refuses to comply with new age verification laws for operating systems — group says it will never require personal information

• Blaster_M@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

  Pixel’s a Google device in design. A used one unlocked, and GrapheneOS, and there is no Google.

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• CorrectAlias@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Your TracFone will never have the security features required and will always be vulnerable to things like Cellebrite. If it’s an Android phone, you’re also being tracked by several companies.

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  • Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    That's what it is then.I just don't want to deal with the arbitrary nonsense like age-verification and software install limitations. Then again, I only have a phone at all because of my wife. If it were just me, I'd just keep a featurephone in a drawer and maybe check that it's charged once a month. As it stands, I may end up having to give up the small amount of morality I have and just give up on Android and pay a ridiculous amount of money just for phone service.

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    • CorrectAlias@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I’m glad to see that Graphene won’t be doing the age verification thing, because I’m afraid all new phones (including TracFones) will require it moving forward. But the hardware limitations will continue to be a blocker for people with cheap phones.

      I agree on wanting to ditch my phone altogether. Maybe if I can retire, I can ditch it.

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