I recently picked up a Pixel 8 and installed Graphene OS to begin tinkering. My plan is to migrate (or at least try) from being a long-time iPhone user, however I have a few questions. I understand that these questions don’t all have a “correct” answer, but I at least want to understand the ration…

I appreciate the time you put in in writing your post and making it look polished :+1: , but I would also appreciate it if you were able to do a bit more research. [image] Obtaining Applications - Privacy Guides We recommend these methods for obtaining applications on Android without in…

I personally have the following preference on App sources: Accrescent > Play Store > Github releases (with Obtainium + AppVerifier) Using the owner profile only to download and distribute apps between profiles has some security benefits, as you won’t be daily driving your owner profile which has a…

[image] untitled_unsterile932: Multiple users / profiles. What is the advantage to having a single “owner” account that downloads all the apps, and then separate users / profiles who have been delegated access to those apps from the owner account? I don’t really have my own editorial here yet, …

My App sources: I prefer privacy over security and I like to keep as few apps as possible on my phone. Phone: Third Party F-driod Repositories → IzzyOnDroid → Main F-droid Repository. Tablet: Accrescent → Third party F-driod Repositories → IzzyOnDroid → Main F-droid Repository → Aurora store. F-d…

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