Outstanding!

I too disabled Google Services Framework, Play Store, Google Play Services on my Sister's Samsung Phone 🙃. Every App works fine even the Payments App, I think the Warning Notification is to deceive users to turn on the Services so they can Track you. Aurora Store and APK Mirror does the job 😤.

@ThePrivacyWayfinder Why my comment keep disappearing on your video 😭? Did you hide my Account from appearing 🥺 on your Channel?

@@_D.Va_ unless you removed everything (Google) from her phone, it's still running in the background.

@@heinzkitzvelvet Really? So will I need to uninstall it through ADB Command or is there something else that I am missing 🤔? Your reply will be very helpful 👏

That’s great and that is an excellent idea, hope it works out! How would you rate Magic Earth compared to the Google Maps, Apple Maps, or Waze? As user friendly?

@@ThePrivacyWayfinder I've had every Google service possible, either disabled or paused for years. My wife has gmaps , which we have used from time to time. I don't think there is any alterative out there that beats it. Never owned an Apple product, except an iPod nano my mom gave me 15 years ago, so I can't speak on Apple maps. I've never used Waze. I used OSMand maps when I first got Graphene, but it was a nightmare to use and I hated it. Magic Earth is very user friendly by comparison. Maps are downloadable by state. I haven't used it a great deal, but I like it.

Good info, thanks!! I’ll probably try it out sometime.

@@ThePrivacyWayfinder Side Of Burritos channel did a quasi-review of Magic Earth when he drove across a few states. He likened it to Apple maps. ukposts.info/have/v-deo/qqBeYaeQcJuEun0.html

Please let me know how you did it if you get it to work, I'd love to have the same sort of functionality.

Awesome!

Nice!

Thanks for watching!

:D haha! Hopefully you like it if you make the switch. Other than UKposts (for this hobby of mine), it has been nice moving away all of my personal stuff from Google. I used to use Gmail, Google Contacts, Google Calendar, etc. It's been a fun experience making the switch and still a journey for me finding/exploring new alternatives (trying for as much open-source and community audited, since open-source doesn't mean anything if the code is not being scrutinized by many) as possible. Let me know if you ended up making switch!

I guess I should have waited to you finish your thought on the Password Manager. Got my answer! Thanks!

Thanks!! There is a setting where you can get notifications from different profiles sent to the profile you are working in. However, I haven't tried it as I like to not have notifications personally. Rather than notifications getting pushed to me, I go in and check everything manually. Keeps me from getting distracted, but I know that might not work for everyone. Sorry I couldnt answer this one but hopefully someone else can chime in!

They do. When you first launch the app it will detect that Play Services aren't available and prompt you to allow unrestricted battery access. I believe it uses websockets instead of Play Services. However from my experience on a Pixel 4a this absolutely nukes battery life. I'm talking ~30% battery usage just from Signal idling overnight. I love everything else about Graphene but this one issue forced me to switch to Calyx + microG, it was a genuine deal breaker. Oddly enough I only seem to be able to find scattershot evidence of others having the same problem. Not sure if it had to do with my model, if people are just fibbing, or what. I tried reinstalling the app from different sources and even completely reinstalling Graphene but the issue persisted. Meanwhile on Calyx + microG the drain is negligible.

​@@SamAtAstrocraft Thanks for your answer. I think for most people "Sanboxed Google play services" is the way to go. With my Pixel 5 I'm getting over 8 hours display time where I watch ~6,5 hours youtube videos/shorts. I haven't tried CalyX with MicroG yet as I'm quite happy with GrapheneOS so far!

@@SamAtAstrocraft Because people don't turn it on. They open signal when they feel like it and respond if needed. Molly FOSS is better tho.

Just means it won’t receive any future updates or fixes.

@Jesse Phoenix Yes

u can still

Hi! You are correct, GrapheneOS does not have adaptive charging.

Yes it only works with Pixels...but no, you don't have to register the device.

It’s always best to install it yourself imo. Having someone else or another company do it for you, you would be putting trust that they did not mess with the OS.

I can.

GrapheneOS is only supported on Google Pixel phones. I'm not sure about lineageOS.

True, but for me, I’ve learned to live the “pull” lifestyle where I check email when I have the time. Helps my phone not being blown up with notifications 😄

I think the Pixel 6 is a good value right now. You can find an unlocked refurb unit on Amazon for low $200s. I currently use a Pixel 5, but Security Updates/Support is ending October of this year.

@@ThePrivacyWayfinder yea Im probably go with 6a cus the updates and support will last up till 2027.. Thanks for a quick reply mate

Aurora store gets you everything that the play store gets & more.. look up how to set it up

ukposts.info/have/v-deo/hnydhKGqcKZ62Zs.html This video that I made for transferring tokens between profiles applies to how I backup. I backup to two usb drives that I keep in a safe place. So if my phone dies, I just restore from that usb drive.

@@ThePrivacyWayfinder Excellent, thank you!

Why?

No, maybe if you can dual boot somehow

It probably would have access. However this is why I install these in a separate profile that is sandboxes from my main profile with my information.

@@ThePrivacyWayfinder So to clarify, that means that you can simply have Facebook in a profile that doesn't have any contacts in the phone book? How about location? I saw that you occasionally turn on your global location services setting.

@@ThePrivacyWayfinder Why don't you just use the browser version of facebook ? That's how i use twitter

Push notifications does not work for me. You have to use the “pull” method where you open the app whenever you want to fetch new mail. I have learned to live with this and actually prefer it now since I’m not bombarded and distracted by each notification. However, this might be a deal breaker for some. Even with GSF, notifications does not work for me.

@@ThePrivacyWayfinder configured it and it works with play store downloaded!

Yes💀

Everything works now. This video is a year old..

I am on social media way less....but to be honest, now spend more time on NewPipe. At least I'm learning haha :)

those phones doesn't have various developer tools that pixel has. Mainly the ability to relock the boot loader. Pixel also gets faster security updates from Google. no privacy without security

service company doesn't matter

Pixel 5 security support will be ending soon. I'd recommend getting Pixel 6 to have security patches for next several years. Right now used ones are good value.

@@ThePrivacyWayfinder Aha, thanks for ur response!

I don't think he does💀

Keepass is completely offline, and I wanted to try to manage my own password database. I've been doing it for about 6 months now and have been enjoying the process. But that's about it, I absolutely love bitwarden and still trust it. I believe you can self host bitwarden too, but never tried it. Keepass is just very easy, so no need to try something else.

No, just on Google Pixel devices.

Yes, but you would need to download Google Play Services in order for the UKposts app to be functional. I personally use NewPipe as an alternative to the UKposts app.

Both can be true. Handing over the location of your vehicle is a far stretch from giving away access to your smart phone.

Ohh no they know what grocery store he went to. Isn’t like there’s cameras taking pictures of the license plates every second

You can just disable it's LTE and WiFi modems and it will be a regular off-grid car.

@@purecountry6672 I believe the concern is more referring to how tesla is looking into making the car auto repo itself.

@@chukwu_9 well, I don’t want them knowing what grocery store I went to and alleged stationary cameras taking pictures of your plates aren’t as bad of a privacy violation as a GPS tracking you constantly. Furthermore, the fact our privacy is aready being violated isn’t justification for further violations. Would you accept to be r4aped a second time because you were r4ped the forst time?

I hope you have the keys to that wallet. If not, it’s pure cringe.

It is a fork of the Andoid OS. Android is an open source project that is not run by Google. Google installs their particular version of Android which requires their google services background app to run many of their apps, but the phone hardware itself interfaces with the open source Android platform.

@@dialecticalmonist3405 Thank you!

Only google pixel phones can run GrapheneOS. You will have to find another android ROM.

I think going with a Pixel 6 right now is the best bang for your buck. I saw on Amazon last week they had a refurbished one in excellent condition for around $220. Plus starting at Pixel 6 there are doing 5 year support from the date of release, that's great! I personally don't mind refurbs as the flashing process completely reinstalls the OS anyways, and I've always had good experience :)

The Pixel 5 will lose support in October 2023 this year I believe. So I’m comfortable using it until then. Once it loses security updates, I’m changing to a Pixel 6.

@@ThePrivacyWayfinder would you recommend me use it for like another 1year after october ?

Can you share the vulnerability details and maybe a link to a report? I do see that the app was not updated since Dec 2022, so I'm truly interested to learn more. Thanks!!

Ah, yes I see that now. Thanks for the heads up!

Yup, been on GrapheneOS for 2 years now! Still using it as my primary device.

Here’s a good interview for why GrapheneOS chooses Google Pixel devices. ukposts.info/have/v-deo/j5uCk4V6sat9r5s.htmlfeature=shared I trust GrapheneOS and if they chose pixel devices, then I’m okay with their judgement. As an average user, it’s way above my understanding and I have to trust these projects. It’s way better than using iPhone or Stock Android imo 😀

you may have turned off network permissions too early, you need to download maps first then feel free to turn them off

Nice, kudos to you if your using that method! I tried and just couldn’t keep up with Special Character requirements each service. Like if one service doesn’t allow the special character combination that I normally use. Then I had to remember which sites needed different special characters. So didn’t work for me, but awesome if you’ve found a good method!

Why not combine a password manager and then always prepend a prefix that only you know and that is unique to the website? Or combine passwords from two different PW managers?

@@bryce-bryce good idea