I use guests on Linux extensively. My IT has no idea which win OS I even run my outlook on...

I'd love a full VM Guest experience but android (or derivative) based. I've not found a way to do that.

I had another thought to just plonk a phone on my home network with a cheap cell provider. Then share that out VPN to all my subsequent devices (more phones, tablets, work computer) to access the screen. Then Alphabet could get stuffed. That phone would never know where I am physically. I don't use payment services etc.

• I did a search today(kvm control of a phone) and this popped up. Something that can control the phone out of the USB port. I need to think on this further... https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/glinet/comet-q

My partner went back to an pixel 7 so I'm going to take her pixel 8 and see about putting Linux or Graphene on it.

If it works well I'll put it on my pixel 8 and if her 7 pushes for an update then that will go Linux/Graphene

We all love grapheneOS, but please stop buying Google Pixels to do it. It's such a contradicting action to first stuff googles pocket with even more money, and then be like "I am privacy conscious." Please spend your money on alternatives that will put the money to actually developing good alternatives like FairPhone.

Direct Link to Petition mentioned in Post

Remember Change.org is a for profit company, when they ask you to “chip in”, do not do that, if you wish to chip in donate to an advocacy org that fights stuff like this such as the Electronic Frontiers Foundation.

Whenever a malicious app breaks or scammers get to you, its always through the google play store. Their shit isnt even safe to make this fucken claim about safety.

haven't rooted an Android phone in quite some time, but looks rooting is back on the menu

I hope they push this out and spark the ire of the EU, who tells them to unfuck it or starts funding an alternative like Ubuntu Phones or something. That would be an amazing outcome.

Unfortunately, things have to get worse before they get better. It's how people learn.

This is the reason I've disabled automatic system updates since 2024.

This is a nice list I'd consider for new phones.

• Murena (France) with /e/OS (France) on:
  • Fairphone (Netherlands)
  • Hiroh (USA)
  • SHIFTphone (Germany)
  • Teracube (USA)
• Punkt MC03 (Switzerland)
• Volla (Germany) with Volla OS or Ubuntu Touch (Germany)
• Jolla (Finland) with Sailfish OS (Finland)
• Purism Librem (USA, manufactured in the USA)

Everyone happy about motorola and GOS scene, moto has been recently found out for some honey pot scam they were doing in people phone. So the brand we will be paying is not that good and is also just evil like Google

So, do I finally need to learn about GrapheneOS? What are other people doing?

And what are we supposed to do about it?

I made a goddamn prediction back in 2012 when Google was introducing the Nexus line of handsets. I FUCKING KNEW this "open platform" bullshit had it's days numbered.

These companies are fun when they're young, but they will ALWAYS turn on the consumer.

Adam Smith was right. Without ethics and morals, the system WILL crumble.

This is why I'm happy about Motorola next year

With some luck I'll have time to put together my diy palmtop-esque machine, but we'll see if that works out.

I'm on GrapheneOS on tablet and phone running mostly/exclusively open source, so not affected.

september i get my jolla phone :))

Is this update going to affect older Android versions in phones that stopped receiving OS updates years ago?

And, if so, how do I disable all OS updates entirely?