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GrapheneOS is great. But that currently means you have to buy a phone from Google to work around Google looking down Android.


True. I'm really happy that they are working with an OEM to bring an alternative in 2027. Until then:

- A refurbished Pixel works (except some weird Verizon locking that I heard about the other day).

- Pixels get really heavily discounted near the end of the cycle (e.g. 9a currently). Google probably doesn't make much on it if you are opting out of your ecosystem.


When I do this for family I buy a used pixel. Then no dollar goes directly back to Google.


By ensuring that Pixels have significant resale value, you are encouraging consumers to buy Pixel phones.


Still, you are stopping the extraction of analytics, which probably bring Google the much more revenue over the longer term, and it is not possible to disable on regular Android phones.

Remember that on every certified Google Android phone, Google Play Services runs with system-level privileges. On GrapheneOS, it is sandboxed like pretty much any other app (if you choose to install Play Services) and you can make it 'blind' by revoking most privileges.

Same for Pixel Camera, etc., I just block network access.


They say they will announce a partnership with a major OEM manufacturer in March 2026!


Same! The open source project I engage with, held the yearly conference always alternatingly in America and Europe over the past 10 years. And due to the current circumstances it was just recently decided to have next year's conference a 2nd time in a row in Europe.


Does anybody know if there exist RP2354 with a stepping earlier than a A4?


Yes, really looks like someone conducting a study, or someone who wants to call out projects for their sloppy PR reviews.


I think it looks like someone just ham fisting a known vulnerability trying to find one sucker who doesn't know what he's doing. If you're a jr with a learning projects maybe you'd approve the merge.


So he wants to tell us to stop paying for our streaming services and games? As we can acquire them via shady sources and claim that we wanted to train an AI model, but haven't had success yet.


Yeah, that policy wasn't enacted yesterday. It's already much futher along.


The field is too young that we can be absolutely sure. That's why most suggest to use hybrid cryptography for now.


True, and hybrid cryptography is definitely the way to go.

But there's more to it than just resistance to cryptanalysis: crashes, memory leaks, disabled security features (e.g., ASLR), irregular performance, supply chain attacks...

PQC requires extra code, and every added instruction carries some risk.


No this not a really good criteria. There is Linux support for a few MCUs, including a few STM32 Series. Having a MMU is a much better criteria.


They already have an STM32C0 Series at the very other end of the performance spectrum starting @0,24$ per chip.


Nextcloud Mail won't be replaced by Roundcube!

"Neither will Roundcube replace Nextcloud Mail or the other way around. ... Nextcloud Mail will evolve as it is, focused on being used naturally within Nextcloud."


Will it be like Microsoft saying that VS Code wouldn't replace Atom after the merger? Not that I like Atom, quite the opposite.


Atom was my first proper Editor. I miss it, even though there were a lot of bugs. It was so much fun finding all the cool community-made packages and trying them out.


Thanks for the reminder. I still expect Roundcube to become a well-maintained alternative for E-Mail clients within Nextcloud, right?


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Please ... don't do that anymore.

When I want to "enjoy" memes, I'll go reddit, not HN. Let's keep it clean.


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