Notices by GrapheneOS (grapheneos@grapheneos.social)

@ogtechtodon @techprofessor https://privsec.dev/posts/android/choosing-your-android-based-operating-system/ is another article about privacy and security differences between alternative Android-based operating systems. Talks about other alternate operating systems including DivestOS. Unlike most content, these are based on real experience and technical details.

@ogtechtodon @techprofessor GrapheneOS and CalyxOS are much different. GrapheneOS is a hardened OS with substantial privacy and security improvements:

https://grapheneos.org/features

CalyxOS is not a hardened OS. It substantially reduces security. It recently went 2 months not shipping standard security patches.

@ogtechtodon @techprofessor Compatibility with Android apps on GrapheneOS is also much different. GrapheneOS provides our sandboxed Google Play compatibility layer:

https://grapheneos.org/usage#sandboxed-google-play

Can run the vast majority of Play Store apps on GrapheneOS, but not CalyxOS with the problematic microG approach.

@ogtechtodon @techprofessor
https://blog.privacyguides.org/2022/04/21/grapheneos-or-calyxos/ is a 3rd party article explaining some of the substantial differences between GrapheneOS and CalyxOS. It's a common misconception that they're similar. CalyxOS is far more similar to LineageOS than GrapheneOS. There are many other alternate OSes available.

https://twitter.com/MyntexInc/status/1626688081985261588

Myntex is selling end-of-life Pixel 3a XL devices with an insecure OS without full security patches as a premium priced proprietary 'secure' phone product. This isn't a hardened device but rather a scam, seen many times before from Encrochat and others.

An anonymous person donated 39 ETH to GrapheneOS on February 12th. Value of ~$59k at the time and now almost $65k.

Currently, all the developers we pay to work on GrapheneOS are directly funded with cryptocurrency donations. This donation will let us hire another full time dev.

#grapheneos #donation #ethereum