# Calyx Institute

**URL:** https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/calyx-institute/21906
**Category:** Questions
**Created:** 2024-10-29T02:45:07Z
**Posts:** 2

## Post 1 by @win11.shading291 — 2024-10-29T02:45:07Z

> **[Pluralistic: Google’s new phones can’t stop phoning home (08 Oct 2024) –...](https://pluralistic.net/2024/10/08/water-thats-not-wet/)**

> "The Pixel 9 phones home _every 15 minutes_, even when it’s not in use, sharing “location, email address, phone number, network status, and other telemetry.” Additionally, every 40 minutes, the new Pixels transmit “firmware version, whether connected to WiFi or using mobile data, the SIM card Carrier, and the user’s email address.” Even further, even if you’ve never opened Google Photos, the phone contacts Google Photos’ Face Grouping API at regular intervals. Another process periodically contacts Google’s Voice Search servers, even if you never use Voice Search, transmitting “the number of times the device was restarted, the time elapsed since powering on, and a list of apps installed on the device, including the sideloaded ones.”

Another reason to jump-in on GrapheneOS, but what about the Calyx institute being referred?

> Assuming no catastrophic phone disasters, I’ve got a little while before my next phone, but I reckon when it’s time to upgrade, I’ll be switching to a phone from the Calyx Institute. Calyx is an incredible, privacy-focused nonprofit whose founder, Nicholas Merrill, was the first person to successfully resist one of the Patriot Act’s “sneek-and-peek” warrants, spending 11 years defending his users’ privacy from secret – and, ultimately, unconstitutional – surveillance

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## Post 2 by @jonah — 2024-10-29T02:51:34Z

There is further discussion on this topic here:

> [@CalyxOS (Android ROM)](https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/calyxos-android-rom/11614):
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> I noticed that CalyxOS is no longer mentioned as a recommendation on the site and I was wondering why that’s the case. I mean it in a genuine way and not as in “why isn’t my favorite ROM not listed” kind of way. In looking into it I did find the blog post discussing [why GrapheneOS is recommended over CalyxOS](https://blog.privacyguides.org/2022/04/21/grapheneos-or-calyxos/). I understand that as it lines up with the general consensus - it seems like Graphene has pulled ahead of the pack in terms of security, privacy, and user experience. But then I see that D…