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No root, no cake. In the US, that is
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In countries where you MUST show your proof of identity to get a number, pray tell me what kind of OPSEC can you employ to not do that?
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Only if you don't have to show your ID to get a number
liveinthisworld Now • 100%
That depends on your OPSEC
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It is not. You do not show any ID to get a phone number
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The problem is, if you're in Europe, your phone number is associated with your identity
liveinthisworld Now • 85%
Arguable in it being "the best app for privacy". Can you link to a source which shows that phone numbers are not linked to accounts? (Why do they need them anyway?)
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I didn't know that. Thanks
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TBH I would just use email over TOR and encrypt communication with PGP. Rotate identities every now and then and you should be fine. Yes it doesn't have forward secrecy but it removes the effort to find the "right messaging" service and is instead ubiquitous (and you can sign up for anonymous email addresses online too, which makes it even better).
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Sure they don't log the IPs, but it is technically impossible to not know the IP when you're running a centralized service.
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Good idea overall, unfortunately they still have your IP and phone number which means Europeans are still implicated
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If the US let them sell these here Samsung would be bankrupt in a matter of days.
I believe Xiaomi also lets you root their devices without doing an Asus on their customers
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Is Libgen even an entity? What constitutes "Libgen"? I think there might be a way to make this claim invalid by a round-about shrug: "what's libgen"?
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Chinese phones that let you unlock the bootloader are actually a great deal
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You're not there for fun lol, you're there to pirate stuff. Sure, using Signal to pirate would be fine too but your anonymity depends on how long they honor their word of "no logs". Use a desktop version/ run a VM if you're on MacOS or something.
Everybody hates me when I say it but Apple users should really reconsider their choices if they are at all interested in privacy. Go get a cheap Android device, hope it has a kernel beyond 5.10 and KernelSU it.
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I still don't understand; why not simplex/briar?
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How do you run Graphene on a Fair phone?
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Why is the iPhone better value?
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If it can't run GKI then not interested
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I still don't see the point.
If religion showed you a method to get to God (praying, doing good deeds etc) and then someone came along who proved that there was a significantly easier way of attaining Nirvana without all the hassle; man would be afraid. "What if we get found out?" But when they see a LARGE and growing community of people ABLE to attain nirvana in exactly the same manner as described (i.e. without the pain) and while fighting the borderline criminal requirements that religion set - many would agree and leave the supposed "set" path and embark towards the easier solution. Some may do it out of greed, some desperation, and many more through sheer curiosity.
Why are people afraid of piracy? Use a damn no-log VPN and attain whatever it is you want without corporate monkeys in your brain. Get a seed box to give back to the community. Give a coffee to the people doing the hard work for the extra seretonin.
The only reason why someone would be arbitrarily afraid is if they don't have a clue. Such people should be getting into a habit of RTFM; they're going to need it.
Imagine if Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile and Cox banded together for a showdown against the studios accusing them of liability? AT&T runs an NSA stronghold in Manhattan, they're not going to let their darlings go down in a teeny lawsuit like this. I really want to see this happening. Let them fight.
What else is everyone using to get music? Other than Soulseek.
Hi everybody, I've been unable to make sense or gain better understanding of the Android update system, so I'm asking here. Coming from the linux desktop, there's two main parts of the system: the kernel and the userland. I could simply update the kernel without updating userland and vice-versa. But does it work the same way on Android? Why are we so dependent on OTA updates from the individual manufacturer? I understand that microcode is proprietary and can come only from the device manufacturer, but aren't kernel updates and userland decoupled from this (for devices which support project treble and GKI)? Can't I just run a different FOSS launcher, get the upstream GKI kernel and run it with the microcode offered by the manufacturer? What consists of an Android "version"? Can't I just not update the microcode beyond what the manufacturer provides, and instead keep updating the kernel (by "kernel" I mean GKI and not the actual linux kernel) and userland and in essence keep updating my android version? I'm probably missing some fundamental understanding of android here, which is why decided to ask here. Thanks for your help!
By now, most people in the custom ROM community must have already heard of KernelSU. I do think that it is worth the hype and is truly revolutionary, piggybacking on something I credit Google on (to some personal chagrin) - KMI. The question I have is: when I attempt to install OTA updates to a device with KernelSU running as a Kernel module, will that affect KernelSU? Will I have to root again?