How good is /e/ privacy based LineageOS fork?

[shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip]

Well, when I tried the one directly from the repository, my version of Android would not boot, but then I downloaded the one directly from Google and did the same commands. And it booted. So yeah, either it was a bug or something.

[scoobford@lemmy.zip]

Here is a good comparison. As a reminder, there is no privacy without security, so if you live in the US (or anywhere that illegal searches happen regularly), I'd argue a less secure solution is by definition a less private solution.

https://eylenburg.github.io/android_comparison.htm

[kory@lemmy.ml]

Their easy installer is why many people I know installed it, but it only supports 21 devices and mine wasn't one of them, so I can't say much about usability or security. If yours is one of them, there's also a Linux guide on their website: https://doc.e.foundation/easy-installer

[tuxenthusiast@sopuli.xyz]

Yeah. I love the idea of the easy installer. Mine isn't listed either.

[tuxenthusiast@sopuli.xyz]

From the looks of it GrapheneOS still seems like the best choice by far..

[neptr@lemmy.blahaj.zone]

/e/os is often behind on Android monthly security patches (sometimes up to a month!) and the apps they fork I have heard also often lag behind upstream. It also doesnt do much to deblob the ROM if proprietary binary blobs.

Comparison table of Android ROMs: https://eylenburg.github.io/android_comparison.htm

[scoobford@lemmy.zip]

Basically, but not everyone has a pixel or can afford to buy a new device.

[nicro@discuss.tchncs.de]

Depends on how far you want to go. From what I've been able to tell, they pedel a lot of flashy metrics and still had a bunch of google calls. Some of which you can manually remove, same as LOS. I would avoid buying into their cloud and keeping an eye on things yourself, if you want to install it. I saw them rebrand a bunch of OSS tooling as their own products back then. Don't know if things changed since then, but I don't trust the marketing.

[hash@slrpnk.net]

I recently picked up a pixel 7a on ebay. $200 for like new condition. Probably the current sweet spot for value and remaining years of support.

[letak@lemm.ee]

I have no banking apps on that phone, sorry.
So I don’t know if they work.

[luffy879@lemmy.ml]

I love the idea of the easy installer.

looks at GrapheneOS installer.... Literally just 3 buttons on a Website you have to click

looks at /e/ installer

• Site dosent let you view this instructions without JavaScript.
• Cant even use fcking Firefox to view this installer
• *smashes pillow against the wall

I give up. If you call that bloated peace of dierrhea an „Easy installer”, you could just as well say that gentoo is easier to install than mint.

[pherenike@lemmy.ml]

I have ING app, it works seamlessly through microG but I don't need it for basic use of the app. I don't use my phone to pay for stuff.

[devtoi@feddit.nu]

Haven't had any major apps not work on it. Except one banking app for a while in the beginning, but works now

[pherenike@lemmy.ml]

I've used it for almost five years, flashed it myself on my FP3. I disabled microG and I'm very careful & strict about what I install on my phone, also their Advanced Privacy set of tools is pretty good. For my threat model is more than enough and I am very happy overall. Never had any serious issues, or even mildly serious ones tbh, despite people yelling about Android security updates arriving late. There was an outage in their cloud services in October that required a complete revamping of their server infrastructure and that took months but I don't use their cloud so I wasn't affected at all.

[tuxenthusiast@sopuli.xyz]

I know that GrapheneOS is really easy to install. Problem is that I don't have a Pixel.

[luffy879@lemmy.ml]

My Problem is not that you dont have a Pixel, but that /e/ 's Website is literal dogpoop.

Does your phone support anything else? LOS, Calyx, etc

[sunzu2@thebrainbin.org]

if you got pixel and don't like GOS team, Calyx OS is a decent alternative also, you can lock bootloader and get most apps to work with microg

[chemicalwonka@discuss.tchncs.de]

very very bad

[yozul@beehaw.org]

It's dangerous to get too obsessed with trying to secure everything against state actor level threats. It's not that hard to dramatically increase your privacy if you're currently using a regular android phone. Sure, yes, more security is better, but a single individual's private information isn't actually that valuable. It only becomes valuable to exploit people at a massive scale. Even just putting up minor speedbumps to data collection can massively increase your privacy as long as you aren't being individually targeted, and more people getting into caring about their privacy is a good thing. Any de-googled android rom is already a big step in that direction. Lets not let perfect be the enemy of good.

[nudenewt@lemm.ee]

very very bad

Care to elaborate?