@krafter @amin @OpenComputeDesign @tripplehelix @alatartheblue
I like #MicroG a lot. It's the perfect compromise.
From a privacy-focused perspective, #MicroG clearly has the advantage. While Google #PlayServices even when sandboxed, are still designed to collect certain telemetry and diagnostics, MicroG deliberately avoids collecting or transmitting such data.
MicroG is intentionally designed to replicate only the essential APIs required for app compatibility. It excludes the broader telemetry and analytics components that are deeply embedded in the official Google Play Services.
After discussing with @GrapheneOS about sandboxed #PlayServices and #MicroG which one is more privacy friendly, they blocked me. Obviously they don't tolerate criticism. Cowards. #GrapheneOS #CalyxOS
If you have a spare phone, you might want to try out a #MicroG-based OS like #CalyxOS. I can't guarantee that it'd work better, but it's a nice middle ground between no google services and "sandboxed" google services, because it's a FOSS re-implementation of the google services.
The other option would maybe be putting sandboxed google play and just the troublesome apps in a work profile, so you can turn that all off and on as you need it and contain the badness?
There once was a website where you could see if a smartphone app would run with MicroG or in general without play services.
If I ever am lucky enough to switch to a Fairphone with different OS fork, it would be nice if I could check beforehand if my banking TAN app would work on it.
But I can't seem to find the site anymore.
@tiretpointtiret /e/ #murena #eos fonctionne chez moi sur un #fairphone #fp3 avec #proton #threema #tpg #cff #bcv #bcvtwint
J'ai récemment lu sur @gnulinux (en allemand) que certaines app #twint (notamment #ubs #ubstwint, #banquemigros #banquemigrostwint) ne fonctionneraient plus sans #microg
https://gnulinux.ch/twint-zweiklassengesellschaft
Pas testé les autres, je suis relativement sobre
Erledigt:
Man muss sich nicht nur in der App Lounge anmelden. Eine Anmeldung in der #microG App ist ebenfalls notwendig.
Wenn man's weiß...
Das #murena OS ist soweit ganz prickelnd und ich schätze daran, wieder größere Hoheit über meine Daten zu haben, aber die Doku könnte ein bissken dicker sein.
Jetzt muss ich nur noch herausfinden, warum unified push bei #Moshidon und #FediLab nicht funktioniert.
Hei #Allheimen. Som me alle veit, er #tekno-nerdar overrepresenterte her. Har nokon av dykk eit godt svar på korleis ein sølle amatør skal kunna bruke til dømes Vips (ja, eg nektar å skrive det med to p-ar) på ein avgoogla telefon? DNB gjer det i alle fall såpass vanskeleg at eg ikkje får det til, så eg reknar eigentleg med at svaret er «gløym det og gå tilbake til google, din teknonisse». #microg #lineageos
Hat schon jemand die #GLSBank App (wenn möglich die "alte") unter #GrapheneOS laufen lassen? Geht das ohne #MicroG?
Ich überlege demnächst von /e/os dahin zu wechseln. Noch ist #LinuxMobile noch nicht von der Bank unterstützt
Just move my @commownfr 's @Fairphone 4 from @e_mydata to @calyxos. Mostly for for fun, giggles and shorter update times. They are quite similar. Kudos to /e/OS for running on far more device, if your device cant run calyxOS you are not missing much https://eylenburg.github.io/android_comparison.htm
#Neostumbler collects the data in the first place. While databases like #MLS (Backups), #OpenCellID and also Apples exist and are easily available, #BeaconDB only uses newly gathered data.
Neostumbler takes the real GPS location together with nearby Wifis, Cell Towers and Bluetooth beacons. These datasets get uploaded, and shortly after, clients like #geoclue or #microG that use BeaconDB, can find a location there.
Neostumbler shows an overlay map for existing data
@fanta Eu non teño Fairphone. Merquei un motorola de segunda man por 40€. Fixate si estaba como novo que inda tiña o plastiquito orixinal da pantalla (aparte de caixa e cargador orixinal). Soamente tivem que cambiar o sistema operativo a #LineageOS con #MicroG (e dicir, sin ningunha das apps de google) para ter un movil actuliazado e con bateria para dous dias mirando series. #consumoResponsable
Honestly, I don't really get the point of NFC-enabled FIDO2 tokens / hardware #Passkeys: Obviously, their NFC support is meant for phones, but to actually use the key, your phone's operating system must support #FIDO2 in the first place.
Instead of connecting your #NFC token, you could just as well use your phone's internal FIDO2 storage (usually biometrically secured). NFC is not even useful for ungoogled devices, as #MicroG also has internal FIDO2 support (which I use all the time).
Aurora Store recently integrated app compatibility ratings powered by @techlore's Plexus and added support for Google Account Login via MicroG (enabled by default)! Among other changes.
https://gitlab.com/AuroraOSS/AuroraStore/blob/HEAD/CHANGELOG
@bshankar Depends on the actual NEED. There are 3-4 common paths that we see: 1. Remove the NEED, maybe it wasn't that important anyway 2. Replace Google Push with #UnifiedPush 3. Replace Play Services with #microG 4. Replace the camera/QR lib with a FOSS one.
Jako że nie chcę zostawiać Was z samym wstępem na blogu, więc od razu wrzucam pierwszy wpis.
Będzie o Androidzie i o tym jak tchnąć nowe życie w naszego starego (albo i nowego) smartfona. I przede wszystkim jak zapanować nad swoim telefonem.
Zapraszam do lektury!
https://wolnoscwkieszeni.pl/uwolnic-smartfona-1/
#android #lineageos #microg #degoogle
@Linux_Is_Best #microG is one of the reasons why I prefer #CalyxOS.