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Practical GrapheneOS for the Paranoid • Ventral Digital
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The most basic critique the GrapheneOS team levies against pretty much all of them is the great delay and, in some cases, even complete omission of important security patches that users of the purely open source variant of Android (AOSP) would enjoy. To this, the project clarifies that Graphene's purpose is not specifically avoiding Google, but providing a high level of privacy and security - even for those who do not want to make great sacrifices in terms of user experience. The re-routing toggle is not a global option, so you could consider setting up a secondary user profile for the sole purpose of making use of Google's privacy invasive location services for when you're having geo-location troubles.
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