GrapheneOS: After 3 Years, This Is How I Install Apps on My ā€œDe-Googledā€ Phone

šŸŽ„ Video Link Links referenced for video https://intheshellpodcast.com - In the Shell Podcast https://yellowball.fm - 🟔 Yellowball, no BS podcast hosting https://grapheneos.org/ - GrapheneOS https://github.com/guardianproject/orbot/releases - Orbot GitHub https://www.fakenamegenerator.com/ - FakeNameGenerator.com https://www.smspool.net/ - SMSPool (Service I use to rent a number for Google Account SMS verification) Response from SMSPool on what they do with used phone numbers https://youtu.be/JiN37bn0OE8 - My video on Obtainium https://youtu.be/E3erRhXPPNY - My video on how Apps work between User Profiles Transcript Please excuse any grammatical errors. I used a tool to generate the transcript and haven’t had a chance to read through it yet. ...

September 16, 2024 Ā· 9 min Ā· 1915 words Ā· Josh

GrapheneOS Tablet: 1 Year Update and All the Apps I Use

šŸŽ„ Video Link Links referenced for video https://intheshellpodcast.com - In the Shell Podcast https://yellowball.fm - 🟔 Yellowball, no BS podcast hosting https://grapheneos.org/ - GrapheneOS Transcript Please excuse any grammatical errors. I used a tool to generate the transcript and haven’t had a chance to read through it yet. So after a year, I figured it was finally time to put out an update on my Pixel Tablet experience running GrapheneOS. Spoiler alert: my original video had some high ambitions of replacing my laptop and taking this with me when I travel, along with a keyboard and things like that. None of that happened—it didn’t work out. But if you’re curious as to why, keep watching. If all you wanted was that quick answer, there you go, and I’ll see you next time. ...

September 2, 2024 Ā· 8 min Ā· 1692 words Ā· Josh

Obtainium overview | My favorite way to track Open Source apps

šŸŽ„ Video Link Links referenced in/for video https://github.com/ImranR98/Obtainium/issues/25 - Obtainium Issue 25 | Help wanted https://youtu.be/IzpVI4zaso0 - You should uninstall F-Droid - Part 1 https://youtu.be/lAbgeJau3eE - You should uninstall F-Droid - Part 2 https://youtu.be/FFz57zNR_M0 - You should use this instead of F-Droid | How to use app RSS feed https://github.com/ImranR98/Obtainium - Obtainium GitHub https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipe - NewPipe GitHub https://github.com/bitfireAT/davx5-ose - DAVx⁵ GitHub https://f-droid.org/ - F-Droid homepage https://github.com/adrcotfas/Goodtime - Goodtime Productivity GitHub Transcript Please excuse any grammatical errors. I used a tool to generate the transcript and haven’t had a chance to read through it yet. āœ”ļø ...

March 20, 2023 Ā· 13 min Ā· 2667 words Ā· Josh

F-Droid - App not installed as package appears to be invalid

šŸŽ„ Video Link Links referenced for video https://f-droid.org/ - F-Droid homepaage https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.fdroid.fdroid/ - F-Droid package https://www.sisik.eu/apk-tool - Browser APK analyzer https://forum.f-droid.org/t/cannot-install-f-droid-invalid-package-using-profiles/16122 - F-Droid forum post 1 https://forum.f-droid.org/t/why-does-the-f-droid-website-nearly-always-host-an-outdated-f-droid-apk/6234 - F-Droid forum post 2 https://hub.libranet.de/wiki/and-priv-sec/wiki/apps - Android apps https://grapheneos.org/features#install-available-appss - GrapheneOS install available apps feature Transcript Please excuse any grammatical errors. I used a tool to generate the transcript and haven’t had a chance to read through it yet. āœ”ļø It’s good practice to document answers to frequently asked questions, as it allows other users to reference them. For example, I’ve been asked multiple times through email and video comments why a user is unable to install F-Droid in another user profile. To avoid answering these questions individually, I decided to make a video explaining the reason behind this issue. To demonstrate the process, a user can go to f-droid.org on their Android device and click the ā€œDownloadā€ button on the home page to download F-Droid. Once the download is complete, they can install the APK. ...

February 6, 2023 Ā· 7 min Ā· 1328 words Ā· Josh

FULL reveal of what apps I use on my personal phone | GrapheneOS

šŸŽ„ Video Link Mobile privacy guide https://sideofburritos.com/docs/setup-guides/mobile-privacy/ My other videos I referenced šŸŽ„ Storing your contacts in the cloud šŸŽ„ Storing your calendar events in the cloud šŸŽ„ Calling a scammer šŸŽ„ You should uninstall F-Droid - Part 1 šŸŽ„ You should uninstall F-Droid - Part 2 šŸŽ„ You should use this instead of F-Droid | How to use app RSS feed Full list of apps I have installed (as of 2022-07-31) 1Password Aegis AntennaPod Aurora Store Briar Burner Cube ACR DAVx⁵ Geometric Weather Google Camera Magic Earth Mullvad VPN NewPipe Nextcloud OpenVPN Play Store Plex Read You Signal Simple Calendar Pro Sonos Spotify Syncthing Todoist Twidere UniFi Network UniFi Protect UptimeRobot Vanadium

July 31, 2022 Ā· 1 min Ā· 113 words Ā· Josh

F-Droid, Droid-ify, Aurora Droid, Neo Store, Google Play, Aurora Store - What should you use?

šŸŽ„ Video Link Full Size Diagram from video - To download a full-size copy of the image, Right-Click the Full Size Image link and select Save Link As (or just click it to view) Mobile privacy guide https://sideofburritos.com/docs/setup-guides/mobile-privacy/ My previous F-Droid videos You should uninstall F-Droid - Part 1 You should uninstall F-Droid - Part 2 You should use this instead of F-Droid | How to use app RSS feed0 App Store Links Droid-ify (Now Neo Store) Aurora Store F-Droid Aurora Droid Links referenced for video Blog post on F-Droid Security (Great read) F-Droid Inclusion Policy

July 17, 2022 Ā· 1 min Ā· 96 words Ā· Josh

You should use this instead of F-Droid

šŸŽ„ Video Link Mobile privacy guide https://sideofburritos.com/docs/setup-guides/mobile-privacy/ My previous two F-Droid videos https://youtu.be/IzpVI4zaso0 - You should uninstall F-Droid - Part 1 https://youtu.be/lAbgeJau3eE - You should uninstall F-Droid - Part 2 Links referenced for video https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSS - RSS Feeds https://github.com/Ashinch/ReadYou - Read You Github page https://discuss.grapheneos.org/d/16-f-droid-auto-updates/5 - Forum post about using RSS reader

July 10, 2022 Ā· 1 min Ā· 52 words Ā· Josh

Period tracking app Roe v Wade | Cloud vs Local Storage

šŸŽ„ Video Link App Downloads Android https://bloodyhealth.gitlab.io/ - Drip https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.arnowelzel.android.periodical - Periodical https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kollectivemobile.euki - Euki App Download iOS https://apps.apple.com/us/app/euki/id1469213846 - Euki Links referenced for video https://transparencyreport.google.com/user-data/overview?hl=en - Google Transparency Report https://theintercept.com/2022/06/29/crypto-coinbase-tracer-ice/ - Coinbase Providing ā€œGeo Tracking Dataā€ to ICE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FDIef7tVFg - ā€˜The Hated One - My Phone Is Anonymous Now’ Video https://lers.google.com/signup_v2/landing - Google | Law Enforcement Request System https://www.facebook.com/records/login/ - Facebook | Law Enforcement Request System https://help.twitter.com/en/forms/law-enforcement - Twitter | Law Enforcement Request System https://www.npr.org/2022/07/01/1109467942/tiktok-china-data-privacy - TikTok says it’s putting new limits on Chinese workers’ access to U.S. user data https://www.businessinsider.com/tiktok-confirms-us-user-data-accessed-in-china-bytedance-2022-7 - TikTok Confirms US User Data Can Be Accessed in China https://www.theverge.com/2022/6/24/23181851/t-mobile-browsing-data-app-insights-marketing-opt-out - T-Mobile is happily selling customers’ app habits to advertisers https://www.cio.com/article/402208/data-science-drives-big-decisions-at-kohls.html - Data science drives big decisions at Kohl’s https://www.theregister.com/2022/06/20/captial_one_wire_fraud/ - Capital One fraudster got in via ā€˜misconfigured’ AWS storage https://twitter.com/alexjyong/status/1542184851532423168 - Tweet regarding Drip iOS release https://floridaphoenix.com/2020/11/25/u-s-appeals-court-oks-use-of-third-party-app-data-to-track-down-suspected-child-molester/ - U.S. appeals court OKs use of third-party app data to track down suspected child molester https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/04/13/us/google-location-tracking-police.html - Google is a dragnet for police https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/blog/2021/01/health-app-broke-its-privacy-promises-disclosing-intimate-details-about-users - Health app broke its privacy promises by disclosing intimate details about users

July 3, 2022 Ā· 1 min Ā· 180 words Ā· Josh

You should uninstall F-Droid - Part 1

šŸŽ„ Video Link Links referenced for video https://privsec.dev/posts/android/f-droid-security-issues/ - Main article referenced on F-Droid https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_version_history#Android_7.0_Nougat - Android version history https://developer.android.com/studio/releases/platforms - SDK Releases https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroidclient/-/blob/2a8b16683a2dbee16d624a58e7dd3ea1da772fbd/app/build.gradle#L33 - F-Droid code showing legacy SDK https://github.com/NeoApplications/Neo-Store - Droidi-fy https://f-droid.org - F-Droid homepage https://discuss.grapheneos.org/d/16-f-droid-auto-updates/4 - F-Droid discussion on auto-updates

June 19, 2022 Ā· 1 min Ā· 43 words Ā· Josh

You should uninstall F-Droid - Part 2

šŸŽ„ Video Link Links referenced for video https://privsec.dev/posts/android/f-droid-security-issues/ - Main article referenced on F-Droid https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/issues/127 - GitHub issue regarding Signal/TextSecure https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moxie_Marlinspike - Moxie Marlinspike https://www.digicert.com/blog/certificate-pinning-what-is-certificate-pinning - Certificate Pinning https://f-droid.org/en/docs/Reproducible_Builds/ - F-Droid build process https://arxiv.org/pdf/1904.05572.pdf - Android Playform Security Model https://forum.f-droid.org/t/why-does-the-f-droid-website-nearly-always-host-an-outdated-f-droid-apk/6234 - f-droid.org hosting out of date APK

May 22, 2022 Ā· 1 min Ā· 47 words Ā· Josh