Just read this. Thoughts? https://cybernews.com/security/google-pixel-9-phone-beams-data-and-awaits-commands/
Would flashing GrapheneOS get rid of all this nonsense?
Do you only know of GrapheneOS or do you know about GrapheneOS. Either way, its website should easily answer this question.
I don’t know where you are in your privacy journey but the answer is an obvious yes.
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do we have twrp for pixel 9?
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That’s Pixel 8 pro, not 9 though.
yes.
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you can build twrp, pretty easily.
All of the stuff in that “article” is just typical Google Play Services trash.
Any OS without Play included won’t have that.
See also: Comparison of Android ROMs
Regarding TWRP, not sure what the relation is here, but TWRP should be avoided as it typically prompts to install a proprietary app which actively sends off your location and contacts: https://twrp[.]me/app/privacypolicy.pdf
Location information (e. g. longitude / latitude)
Usage information (e. g. transferred amount of data, call logs)
App usage (e. g. of all installed apps, their usage time, duration, volume and location)
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These services are proxied through graphene os servers to support “google trash”:
- Internet connectivity checks
- Attestation key provisioning
- Widevine provisioning
- SUPL PSDS
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@securitybrahh
those are unrelated to this
@lepras
the recovery itself prompts to install that app
Say what you want about TWRP, it is the best custom recovery I have seen and used to date. Don’t want the spyware application? Simply say no when asked if you want to install it.
When? I never had this issue.