Comment by scorpioxy

15 days ago

So for Australia, what can someone do?

I don't believe that regulation these days can stand against corporate interests. I have seen this happen many times already. So what can I as a consumer do? The two practical options seem to be either Apple or Google.

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rbits  15 days ago

GrapheneOS is probably the answer?

  • wolvesechoes  15 days ago

    Yes, Evil Corp is doing bad things so let's switch to project that is tightly coupled to the Evil Corp's hardware.

  • pabs3  15 days ago

    Attestation means you probably will need an Apple/Google device in addition to the GrapheneOS one:

    https://grapheneos.org/articles/attestation-compatibility-gu...

    • strcat  15 days ago

      Only a tiny subset of apps ban GrapheneOS. Several such as Swissquote recently decided to permit it via hardware attestation. Swizerland's government ID app is also going to be permitting it. We're working on getting more apps using the Play Integrity API to do that, but it would be better if the EU and other governments required permitting alternatives which are at least as secure as what Google permits (currently an extremely low bar, since they permit many years without privacy/security patches and only check for licensing Google Mobile Services).

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    • preisschild  15 days ago

      Letting the app developers know that it doesnt improve security and that it blocks you from using the app and it enforcing a monopoly sometimes works.

      I/We managed to get two apps (banking and eID) to remove SafetyNet attestation through complaining a lot.

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01HNNWZ0MV43FF  15 days ago

I heard there are Linux based phones but I haven't tried any

  • komali2  15 days ago

    I've messed around with funky phones, and after having an emergency call fail on two different ones, I've decided not to mess about with them anymore (GrapheneOS on some random pixel and a funky e-ink phone). Maybe it works great on whatever linux phone you mean but my path forward has looked more like just always using secondhand androids until I can install fdroid anymore, and then just using a linux phone tethered to a dumbphone that can hotspot. Finding out you can't call emergency services when you really super duper need to is something I never want to risk happening to me again.