Breaking News: Pixel 8 Graphene build is out. Get it for XMR (video.simplifiedprivacy.com)

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GrapheneOS build for the Pixel 8 is out. This is not the final official version, but it’s making it’s way around their Matrix room, and they’re doing debugs. And we’re covering the Pixel 8 bugs/release as it unfolds in this article: https://simplifiedprivacy.com/graphenes-pixel-8-version-is-out/

Brand-new video that I’m in timed to cover the basics behind DeGoogled Phones: https://video.simplifiedprivacy.com/degoogledphonebasics/

Simplified Privacy is a “no-fiat” Monero phone supplier. Keep the economy circular, as we don’t spend the XMR you give us for fiat, if it is spent, it’s within the community.

If you buy a Pixel 8 from a fiat supplier, it ties the IMEI to your credit card, which connects to cell towers. This means government thugs watch your location like a pet dog with a “find me” collar.

Legal disclaimer: I do not support illegal activity, but instead disagree philosophically with this invasion of privacy.

Even if you don't want to buy it, you can enjoy our free educational resources that reject Youtube/google tracking

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[-] rattie_ok@monero.town 1 points 1 year ago

It's still mind boggling how people are okay with buying phones without unlocked root and bootloader. Not your root, not your phone.

Some weeks ago I had a problem that a friend's phone was randomly wiping data from crypto wallet apps. He was furious, and wanted to leave crypto altogether. After some digging, I found that Google Play Protection (a.k.a. Google's Virus Scanner) detected there were crypto apps on the phone, and somehow decided to disrupt them. Not outright uninstall, but slowly disrupt them, just enough for the user to get frustrated and abandon it, or install another app.

Now think about it: if TPTB want to disrupt crypto adoption, they'll just gatekeep users from crypto wallets, or demand OS-level KYC/AML. In that world, crypto adoption is impossible... Unless some Chinese manufacturer decided to make cheap unlocked phones, or we have something like a Raspberry Pi phone.

[-] UncleIroh@merovingian.club 1 points 1 year ago

@rattie_ok @ShadowRebel

Insofar as I trust GrapheneOS, there are also alternatives:

* Purism's Librem 5
* No smartphone at all, and all comms and crypto is performed via non-ME corebooted computers using either QubesOS, TailsOS, or PureOS (see Purism, https://puri.sm/products/, and NitroKey, https://shop.nitrokey.com/shop)

But yes, crypto on-ramps are getting squeezed from all directions. I even heard that Binance have blocked UK from becoming new users.