A letter to the CalyxOS community (calyxos.org)

submitted 4 days ago by cyberwolfie@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Sad news - I have been very happy with CalyxOS, and not sure if I would want to continue using it without security updates or move to another ROM on my Fairphone 4. It seems perhaps that I would anyway need to reflash when they get to the point of resuming updates? Anyone get a clearer reading on that than me?

I have been contemplating trying out Ubuntu Touch which has according to their site 100% compatability with Fairphone 4 now, but there are some functionality that I think would struggle without, and if I can't get it working as I want, I wouldn't be able to reflash CalyxOS now. Getting a new phone to install GrapheneOS is not an option for me.

What are other people here using CalyxOS going to do to maintain a modicum of privacy on their mobile devices?

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[-] gerowen@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago

I'm trying out LineageOS. It seems to have most of the user facing stuff I care about. I did have to manually install F-Droid, then add the repo for microG and install that, then manually install Aurora, so some more manual work was required, but it seems fine. It has options to deny network access to apps, though it's a bit hidden in the network settings for each app instead of thru a "Firewall" app. It also comes with SeedVault so I was able to import my CalyxOS backup and get my apps and settings restored. My banking app (USAA) works fine too.

[-] greywolf0x1@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 days ago

It has options to deny network access to apps, though it's a bit hidden in the network settings for each app instead of thru a "Firewall" app

You can check out RethinkDNS for blocking or isolating apps.

[-] gerowen@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

I'm already hosting my own PiHole and using Quad9 as my upstream, so I have DNS filters already in place. Some apps however if you use a restrictive DNS will just use Google DNS all on their own, so I like having the option to just disable network connectivity altogether for apps that don't need it.

[-] WaffleWarrior@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 days ago

If Lineage allowed me to relock my bootloader I would probably had gone with that vs GrapheneOS. I DONT know why GrapheneOS developers insist on the world's ugliest UI for all their applications and icons.

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