Then as a grown adult, you can make your chrome policy.json to disable the automatic updates.
And being an adult has nothing to do with it. If left to their own devices, most people will simply not update. Some people actively resist updates. Linux Mint had some statistics that showed that like half of their users were running severely out of date versions, so they had to change things.
It’s more private but doesn’t have 0 telemetry. You can disable some telemetry in settings. But it still has to make requests for update checks if using Windows or MacOS.
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OP was talking about Lineage, not Graphene.
Yes, but you said don’t change your OS in general.
an app with access to your calendar has indirect internet access
True, but that is something stock Android does let you control.
It does make a difference. One amazing feature of GrapheneOS is the ability to block apps from accessing the internet. That alone makes it much harder for such apps to harm your privacy unless they also malicious.
Year of the OpenBSD phone
And what happens if the social media platform doesn’t address complaints in the way the government wants?
Would the social media company rather continue making a profit in that country, so censors according to the government, or leave the country entirely?
GrapheneOS is talking to OEMs to create a phone. Up to this point, they’ve only supported Pixels because they’ve had the best security. But with Android 16, Google stopped sharing important files that make it more difficult to continue supporting Pixels. Hence the desire to create their own device.
Yes. It’s not clear if this was photoshopped or a bug that has been around for years, I believe related to GeForce NOW streaming. The two clients share some code, and GeForce NOW does have an age requirement.
https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/forums/game-ready-drivers/13/572753/nvidia-app-accessibility/
Why iodeOS over GrapheneOS?
Edit: oh you said for the FairPhone, not Android in general. GraphenOS is Pixel only at the moment, at least until they launch their own device
Switzerland has strong privacy laws, but there are still situations where they legally have to comply. Of course, Proton also collects very little data and keeps things end to end encrypted, so even if they have to provide data, it’s not much.
Yahoo collected data and shared it with Linux Mint. Also, Mint analyzed downloads for its packages.
https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4030