alt Hacker NewsGrapheneOS recommended for domestic abuse victims
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On this subject since it's an Australian seller and marketed as "DV safe".
Australia has a national test of it's phone alert system in 10 days at 27/07/26, 2PM AEST. (People in North America would know it as Cell Alerts/Presidential Alerts etc.)
There have been warnings that hidden phones will almost certainly sound, and their recommendation is to ether power off the phone or put it into airplane mode at least an hour before the test...
The site has CAPTCHAs, and I'm too dumb to solve them, because the pictures are so bad that I can't make out anything.
How did we get there?
Why care about what Google know about you, in case of domestic abuse ?
It's not like Google is going to sell your tracking data to abuser.
There are many reasons to get rid of Google altogether, I just don't understand this one.
Very weird post, I dont see how a victim with not enough agency to control what apps are on their phone will somehow be able to install a custom os
Can someone explain this? I've used custom ROMs back in the day (Cyanogen!) but I'm not familiar with GrapheneOS.
I remember Cyanogen ships without Google Play etc., right? (Because if you install Google Services and a bunch of crap from their store (theirs and otherwise) that spies on you, it defeats the purpose of a privacy preserving OS.
So I'm assuming Graphene is at least as strict as that? (Well Cyanogen at least give you the option of installing all that crap but that would seem to defeat the purpose in this case.)
But more broadly I'm not sure I understand the relevance in this particular context. The article mentions that an abuser could put spyware on your phone? Is that a realistic scenario? (Ok I suppose half the stuff on the Play store is spyware so maybe it's more realistic than I'm thinking...)
This is a website made by people who sell phones that are 100% tracker-free, and that run on GrpheneOS.
I wouldn’t recommend domestic violence victims to install graphene os on their phone by themselves
I've used GrapheneOS, but not PrivacyPros setup. The site is interesting. It is almost like a to do list of things for my phone. Most of the things they've done feels like a topic to look into and consider implementing.
Haven't anybody noticed an iPhone in the illustration, or is it just my mind working that way?
I use GrapheneOS, I would endorse it for anyone that is technically capable.
The Fingerprint with Pin 2FA is a huge game changer.
Is GrapheneOS usable by everyone, including the most non-technical phone users, in a secure way?
They also recommend at least 12 GB RAM. What about domestic abuse survivors requires that?
God, I hate techno-solutionism.
No, domestic abuse victims shouldn't switch to GrapheneOS, install VPN or Tor. They should have support from family, friends, neighbors, and properly functioning institutions backed by proper legislation. Instead of flashing custom ROMs on their phones you should spent your time and energy trying to bring such institutions to life, and if they exists, bring the problem to their attention.
Put abusers into jail and keep your iPhone.
It's almost like they're trying to sell you one of their phones... not cool
It's absolutely insane that phones have online accounts deeply integrated into the OS. You need to give Apple your phone number to download any apps on iOS.
For example:
Say anyone that downloaded IceBlock commited crime, Apple could give the govt everyone who downloaded its phone number, the govt could get the realtime location of everyone based on their phone number from the carrier.
And that's not even mentioning the other problem that nobody can download IceBlock anymore[1].
It's so refreshing for my phone not to ask for any identifying information when I set it up. GrapheneOS is a better software experience than iOS anyway[2].
Phones have great potential to be the most private and secure computers, cell services not withdrawing. And iPhones are one of the most private and secure devices. But, Apple uses that to restrict its users freedom and it makes Apple's users can easily be controlled by any government.
GrapheneOS delivers that dream.
[1] https://www.iceblock.app/
[2] once you install good apps. This is coming from a lifelong iOS user. Not prejudiced against Apple, I use a Mac (without an account) and their Advanced Data Protection is great (when I had an account).