This does look very 90s. I hope it 90s so hard.
EnsignWashout
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Certainly after they put him back in, he will be.
To me it sounds deeply stupid to bet on the future of the overhyped pleasant answer machines.
But uh... I would still take their money, of course.
I keep expecting Jeff Bezos to get angry at the portrayal of Lex Luthor to top it off.
More of the same, because they have the same sponsors. Maybe make a big show of a big change, and then fail to pass it.
While you can setup a second profile to put the Google services into, I don't recommend it.
The version of Google Services on GrapheneOS thinks it has root, but it does not.
So there's no dramatic need to setup a second profile, unless you want it for other reasons.
I personally think the second profile feature is one of the things people think they want/need from GrapheneOS, but really are happier without.
(Sure it's safer, but GrapheneOS is already so much better than other mobile OSes - and I hate to see someone quit GrapheneOS just because they didn't like the optional profiles.)
An exception I have seen is for apps mandated for a job. I'm happy to bury that stuff deep.
In addition to what else was shared: GrapheneOS now has fairly nuanced options for running apps.
Things that previously would not run at all, now often run fine - if granted additional permissions, such as the permission for the developer to be lousy at their job (various settings under "Exploit Protection").
Many apps run afowl of "Exploit Protections", but if you trust the app author, those settings can be disabled just for that app. Just realize that needing these settings generally means the app developer is bad at their job. If that's for an Indie Game - oh well. But when t's my bank...maybe I should reconsider who I trust with my money.)
This allows deciding how much to trust each app author.
I find it creepy that Google hasn't back-ported more of these privacy features into stock Android.
Specifically regarding the two app types you mention:
Regarding authenticators: I have yet to encounter one that fails on GrapheneOS. I have found some that only allow backups via Google services, which feels insane to me, anyway.
I wish someone had pointed me to Aegis sooner. Aegis is compatible with every MFA service I have tried it with, fully open source, available on F-Droid, and supports backing up to an encrypted file.
Regarding finance management apps: These have gotten super invasive, recently. Mine all work fine on GrapheneOS, but don't play nice with routine VPN usage, or with ever having location services disabled even for a minute.
The saving grace is that all the finance apps I use have had perfectly functional websites, which cannot be made invasive, the way an app can.
nobody just breaks out in song when they get dumped, for example.
You're one of today's lucky 10,000!
That amused me, too.
I think it plays fine for the intended audience, though.
For the folks looking into Anubis, that line plays well - because hosting costs are driven up by the kinds of spam bot visits that Anubis slows down.
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