to expand a little. I’m actually on the market for a 10pro because de-googling has not been enough for me.
Android’s native permission system is broken and google refuses to fix it. Many many apps (Facebook, aliexpress, instagram) reach outside of it’s own environment to read other apps
Graphene fixes this permanently by allowing you to set specific permissions for each app to access only it’s own files or otherwise allow it to access others on a one by one basis.
The two OSs have a completely different purpose and approach to privacy.
Lineage OS= Degoogling while keeping android compatibility.
Graphene= Actual privacy via individual security context for each app.
to expand a little. I’m actually on the market for a 10pro because de-googling has not been enough for me.
Android’s native permission system is broken and google refuses to fix it. Many many apps (Facebook, aliexpress, instagram) reach outside of it’s own environment to read other apps
Currently I’m using “Islands” as a workaround. (Highly recommend it) https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.oasisfeng.island.fdroid/
Graphene fixes this permanently by allowing you to set specific permissions for each app to access only it’s own files or otherwise allow it to access others on a one by one basis.
Thank you this is a really good explanation. I’ll definitely try Graphene.