• Cleisthenian@lemmy.ml
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    25 days ago

    Seems like clickbait but the graphene devs recommend against aurora store in favor of using a second profile with the sandboxed play store

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      25 days ago

      The Play Store requires a Google account. Using a second profile is extremely inconvenient.

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        25 days ago

        Graphene recommending this at all is extremely sus. My objective of using your operating system is to avoid giving Google any information I possibly can. Don’t know why they always recommend using Google shit in a sandbox like those packets aren’t still coming from my IP.

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          25 days ago

          Its not sus. They’re just hyper-aware of security. And Aurora is just not terribly secure. Its just that you’re now choosing between privacy and maximum security. And I prioritize privacy, personally.

          They pretty much only recommend Accrescent.

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            24 days ago

            how is Aurora less secure than PlayStore directly? GOS devs literally never make sense, and of course they recommend a app store that doesn’t even properly label non open/free apps distincly, it is not like they evwr cared about FOSS just vague “security” theater

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              24 days ago

              because aurora store isn’t developed by a big team of professionals with a massive budget, and aren’t getting security audits by other teams of well-funded professionals.

              the point isn’t that aurora store is insecure, the point is that the play store is VERY secure (it’ll just also merrily sell your data to palantir)