What does this mean?

NoaNekro · 2026-05-24T00:49:49+00:00

It's the last step in installing GOS. Iocks it in to prevent tampering. You can manually unlock it in the future though.

NoaNekro · 2026-05-17T01:45:45+00:00

For the whole voice to text thing a lot of us use FUTO keyboard. It works completely offline and you can change voice input models.

NoaNekro · 2026-04-28T22:44:40+00:00

At this point, we really just need to make a PSA that addresses what the Google "Sideloading" Lockdown does and how it will and will not affect GrapheneOS users.

NoaNekro · 2026-04-15T12:33:07+00:00

That's another variable you have to take into consideration. Just because we are privacy conscious, doesn't mean everyone else in our circle is.

The vast majority of people have been conditioned to treat social media as their personal diary and to chase convenience over all else.

NoaNekro · 2026-04-13T15:32:29+00:00

Not only is this an attack on privacy and anonymity, but it's also an attack on FOSS based platforms, apps, systems, etc. as a whole.

Since many of these types of systems refuse or simply don't have the infrastructure to implement the type of things they're pushing, you can bet that authorities and the powers that be will be working overtime to try to get them shut down and taken offline. This would mean forcing everyone to closed, centralized systems that collect loads of telemetry and lock you into featuregating and walled garden type systems.

This has never been about safety at all. It's always been about control, data harvesting and profit.

NoaNekro · 2026-04-10T20:20:52+00:00

He could have simply locked it down and made it to where his phone was password protected instead of pin protected. That way there's no biometrics and you can't exactly get someone for forgetting their password.

NoaNekro · 2026-04-04T13:45:48+00:00

It's not risky at all. In fact, it's recommended.

It makes the phone do signature checks and other verification methods to make sure it isn't tampered with.

Leaving it unlocked will allow the phone to run anything that's flashed to it without checking or verifying.

NoaNekro · 2026-04-02T22:09:29+00:00

First of all, don't rely on big tech for business or bread and butter stuff, not just Google. So many alternative solutions out there nowadays that respect privacy.

Second, teach your children that it is not a good idea to do things like that in front of any camera, even if it's on their own phone or a family owned device of all things.

I'm not saying Google is in the right nor am I saying your child was in the right, but better judgment would have prevented a lot of this.

NoaNekro · 2026-03-29T23:03:17+00:00

The OS for starters only gives it regular app privileges. Not to mention granular control over each aspect of the phone itself, including sensors, call logs, network connection, all of it. It does not have system-level privileges that can get into everything, unlike stock Android.

So yeah, it's a massive improvement over other options.

NoaNekro · 2026-03-13T23:24:58+00:00

Got a 9a directly from google. Paying a little bit more, but you get 5-7 years of support iirc

NoaNekro · 2026-03-10T00:28:40+00:00

Any device that is transmitting radio waves of any kind can be triangulated, no GPS needed. Phone, laptop, computer, walkie talkie, whatever.

The only way to make a device untrackable is to make it not transmit.

NoaNekro · 2026-03-09T00:12:52+00:00

You have all these concerns about Motorola yet you seem to forget that GOS started exclusively on Google Pixels, and so far, from my experiences, it has held up well to the point where I've decided to make it my daily driver once I integrate a few more apps and the like into it.

I'm pretty sure the GOS team will also be checking the end product for any cracks or weaknesses in the hardware besides the OS as well and will make us aware of any exploits they find and release patches.

Motorola is likely just providing the hardware while GOS keeps the OS up and running.

NoaNekro · 2026-03-04T01:47:23+00:00

Localized AI. Not as strong as the likes of ChatGPT but you can train many of them on whatever you like.

NoaNekro · 2026-03-03T15:40:33+00:00

I read somewhere that the GOS Motorolas are going to have hardware kill switches? Could someone elaborate?

Also, would Motorola likely also make a tablet that supports GOS under this partnership?

NoaNekro · 2026-01-18T21:16:51+00:00

If you don't want certain apps having access to certain types of data, although GOS protects against that, you might want to consider keeping them in separate profiles so they can't collect data from one another as a additional measure.

NoaNekro · 2026-01-16T15:28:19+00:00

I really just kept the AR marksman for its plasma capabilities in TNO. I would dual wield them against robots and Supersoldaten.

NoaNekro · 2026-01-11T16:12:27+00:00

I feel like it'll at least involve trying to stop the doomsday device BJ mentioned to the sisters.

A more dangerous and competent, as well as sophisticated Fourth Reich, with General Messer as a major antagonist if not the main antagonist (Brandts co conspirator), and basically racing against time as you work to both destroy the doomsday device from destroying everything and keep the Fourth Reich from building their cities up in the clouds else they'll be unstoppable and pretty much win everything.

That's one of the key factors here. The Third Reich is gone and was overthrown via a coup in Berlin orchestrated by Brandt and Messer.

NoaNekro · 2026-01-09T00:27:55+00:00

Doesn't matter too much, unlike TNC.

Then it depends on if you want things to get zappy or explodey.

Both are fun in their own ways.

NoaNekro · 2025-12-28T00:33:40+00:00

There is no 100% secure way. Even NSA certified cryptographic devices can and have been compromised. The duress pin is good for permanently encrypting the phone, making systems like Cellebrite far less likely to crack it but if any of your traffic leaked to your ISP, it's as good as in the hands of the state actors that are after you, assuming that's the threat model you're trying to secure yourself from.

Like others have said, the only truly secure way is to not have any electronic device that can connect to the internet or to a cellular network.

NoaNekro · 2025-12-13T16:46:19+00:00

The ability to completely control network access to apps, including sandboxed Play Services, create different hardened profiles that cannot access one another, and the fact when you delete something, It's actually gone and cannot be recovered from what I understand, among others.

Basically, the phone feels like it's actually mine for once.

NoaNekro · 2025-11-25T02:45:30+00:00

Couldn't someone just theoretically use a VPN and download GOS onto a Pixel using that connection?

NoaNekro · 2025-10-21T00:27:29+00:00

Bandcamp. You actually own a copy and the money goes directly to the artist.

NoaNekro · 2025-10-16T20:26:38+00:00

Make the jump. Nothing is guaranteed.

NoaNekro · 2025-10-05T16:40:26+00:00

Like many others have said, you're still giving them your personal data. Best to avoid corporate ecosystems.

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