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Revolut, McDonald's, and Authy have banned the use of GrapheneOS. (grapheneos.org)

submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by Sunny@slrpnk.net to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/15995282

Real unfortunate news for GrapheneOS users as Revolut has decided to ban the use of 'non-google' approved OSes. This is currently being posted about and updated by GrahpeneOS over at Bluesky for those who want to follow it more closely.

Edit: had to change the title, originally it said Uber too but I cannot find back to the source of ether that's true or not..

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[–] 50MYT@aussie.zone 8 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (30 children)

Your options are:

Apple phone

Bloated android phone like Samsung etc.

Chinese android phone (xiami etc)

Google phone with Android

Google phone with graphene. This still looks like the best of those options.

Or no phone? I guess people are hardcore enough that will be the option.

Edit: I stand corrected.

[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 9 points 6 months ago (16 children)

I use cheap motorola phone with lineage OS, add that to your options

[–] SeekPie@lemm.ee 5 points 6 months ago (15 children)

I don't think LOS has any privacy/security improvements over the stock android?

(IIRC) it's even worse than stock because you can't lock the bootloader after installation.

Though if your phone isn't getting official updates, it's probably safer with LOS.

[–] Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 6 months ago

Yup, it's definitely worse https://madaidans-insecurities.github.io/android.html#lineageos

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