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Android Central: Fairphone (Gen. 6+) with /e/OS
www.androidcentral.com/phones/fairphone-gen-6-plus-rocks-murenas-e-os-and-its-making-all-the-right-moves-in-its-august-launch
Replying to @murena@lemmy.world
ELI5: Why use /e/OS over Graphene? This isn’t a rhetorical rant; I’m genuinely curious.
Edit: See below. I misphrased this question.
Replying to @TheTechnician27@lemmy.world
I never used /e/ but I used iode (iode.tech) and it worked really well. Main differences:
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Graphene doesn’t support pattern unlock because they claim PIN is more secure. This is stupid because you can just as easily see what PIN someone typed as the pattern. Since PIN is less convenient most people will use finger print unlock which means you can be easily forced to unlock your phone against your will
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iode has support for shortcuts when using 3 button navigation, Graphene doesn’t for some reason
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iode has really nice tracker blocker which can run next to a VPN, Graphene doesn’t
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Graphene let’s you install Google Services in a separate work profile and separate apps that have access to them from other apps. In iode you will have microG installed system wide
For me that were the biggest differences. When it comes to app support they worked pretty much the same. I’m on Graphene now and it would be too much work to change now but for my next phone I will most likely go with iode.
iodéiodéBe Smarter Than Your PhoneReplying to @ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net
Couldn’t a guy with a gun force me to enter my pin?
Replying to @Zedd_Prophecy@lemmy.world
Would police threaten to kill you if you don’t unlock your phone? Not likely. Would they just use your finger and say you agreed to unlock it? More likely.
Replying to @ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net
Police werent the first people that came to mind. Someone making you unlock your phone to steal your money was what I was thinking. However…
Replying to @Zedd_Prophecy@lemmy.world
Yes, steel pipe to the knee will work equally well against all unlock methods. Graphene OS is supposed to be extra secure to better protect you against tools used by government agencies and law enforcement. It’s used by activists and such. IMHO using fingerprint on Graphene OS makes all this extra security meaningless because police can just force you to unlock and it will be legal:
techtimes.com/…/court-rules-thumbprint-phone-unlo…
Police would not be able to unlock this phone if the guy used pattern unlock.
Tech TimesUS Court Rules Police Can Force Suspects to Unlock Phones via ThumbprintThe US Court is now allowing cops to force thumbprint unlocks on your phones if you are a suspect. The US Court of Appeals ruled against defendant Jeremy Travis Payne for his legal team’s appeal to suppress evidence after it was found that police officers forced him to unlock his phone using his
Replying to @ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net
Would police threaten to kill you if you don’t unlock your phone? Not likely.
“If you don’t enter your PIN in the next 10 seconds we’ll ‘accidentally’ deport your daughter”.
Replying to @Alaknar@sopuli.xyz
Yes, agencies with more power will have more ways to force you. CIA will be able to fly to a dark site and put a car battery to your balls until you give them the PIN. Normal cops during a traffic stop will not have much ways to influence you beyond detaining/arresting you but any cop will be able to take your hand and forcefully place your thumb on a fingerprint reader. And courts say it’s legal.