First Stacker Territory Post and First Using GrapheneOS \ stacker news ~privacy

First Stacker Territory Post and First Using GrapheneOS

2568 sats \ 47 comments \ @garyKrause_ 15 Dec 2023 privacy

Adopted Graphene as my daily driver.

Was going to get podcast 2.0 app going but instead migrated my stacker login. The ease of linking and unlinking login methods is really nice.

Have been carrying around two phones for a bit now and find my self gping back to iOS less and less.

Fingers memorozing the new keyboard and such.

Missing so far: Spotify, Discord, Meetup. Hoping to replace those eventually with something else but there's some friction to be smoothed out.

Obtanium app store is neat and all i've used so far. Browser for email stuffs since I need them for kiddo school things and other things in normie land.

Debating a Mullvad VPN and open to ideas.

Its been refreshing to have excellent battery life since my apps arent comstantly tracking me.

Mulling over how to get my wife to care about privacy. And more importantly, my kids. Planning to start them on Linux so there's that.

Thanks for reading my ramblings.

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100 sats \ 0 replies \ @kepford 15 Dec 2023

I haven't seen anyone recommend this app but its a good option for privacy. Its called Orbit

Orbit is basically an app that you can use to route traffic from specific apps through a tor connection. If you use Nostr on your phone this is a great option to protect your IP address. This app allows you to use Tor for apps that don't support Tor.

Now, Tor has its own set of tradeoffs, the biggest one is performance.

41 sats \ 28 replies \ @Natalia 15 Dec 2023

Missing so far: Spotify, Discord, Meetup. Hoping to replace those eventually with something else but there's some friction to be smoothed out.

why not use them on laptop only?

Debating a Mullvad VPN and open to ideas.

I'm using Mullvad and paid over LN, great experience so far:)

0 sats \ 25 replies \ @fixthemoneyfixtheworld 15 Dec 2023

I'm using Mullvad and paid over LN, great experience so far:)

How?

10 sats \ 24 replies \ @Natalia 15 Dec 2023

all are shared here

VPN and Fun Hacks Using it 👁️

0 sats \ 23 replies \ @fixthemoneyfixtheworld 15 Dec 2023

OK but how to do you pay Mullvad over LN specifically? They only accept on-chain payments on their site and they are not available on Bitrefill..

123 sats \ 11 replies \ @ek 15 Dec 2023 freebie

some unsolicited advice: this freebie is telling you that you need to do more PoW

you will be greatly rewarded in the future where we will then be able to waste our time together more efficiently :)

edit: ok this freebie also needs to do more PoW before telling others to do more PoW

0 sats \ 10 replies \ @Natalia 15 Dec 2023

now I see why this freebie no time for the fun test! acceptable.

0 sats \ 9 replies \ @ek 15 Dec 2023

0 sats \ 8 replies \ @Natalia 15 Dec 2023

yes, sounds about right! @ekzyis is a bit fighty:))

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325 sats \ 1 reply \ @Natalia 15 Dec 2023

Also, to make it more private, I pay it with Lightning ( Tor available ) https://vpn.sovereign.engineering/

From my understanding, the builder of this site brought a bunch of top-up codes and then offered this service. However, if you would like to use this tool, a better practice is to use the purchase voucher option and then redeem the voucher without even giving away the account number.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @okpj 15 Dec 2023

Bookmarked! Thank you!

10 sats \ 8 replies \ @fishyness 15 Dec 2023

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111 sats \ 7 replies \ @fishyness 15 Dec 2023

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0 sats \ 6 replies \ @Natalia 15 Dec 2023

thanks! curious do you normally install software from the terminal?

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @fishyness 15 Dec 2023

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0 sats \ 4 replies \ @ek 15 Dec 2023 freebie

the way software was meant to be installed

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @garyKrause_ OP 15 Dec 2023

Thatals what i do now. Might become default

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Natalia 15 Dec 2023

another hack I've found with Mullvad is simply change the account ID every three months:)

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @elysia 15 Dec 2023

Spotify and Discord suck balls anyway.

21 sats \ 1 reply \ @WeAreAllSatoshi 15 Dec 2023

Good stuff! I imagine transitioning from iOS must be harder than from android.

I use Mullvad and like it but I am certainly not a VPN expert by any means.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @garyKrause_ OP 15 Dec 2023

Harder isnt the term. Just friction. But im a dev/tech dude so can navigate the challenges easier than non-technical people

21 sats \ 4 replies \ @davidw 15 Dec 2023

Hell yes. We’re going to have so many people running Graphene by end of next month.

Like if it’s not 51% of Stacker News users, I will eat my cowboy hat 🤠

110 sats \ 0 replies \ @Zepasta 15 Dec 2023

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10 sats \ 1 reply \ @Natalia 15 Dec 2023

be careful, stackers here have great memories.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @davidw 15 Dec 2023

My cowboy hat is an edible NFT edition though. I'm safe.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @garyKrause_ OP 15 Dec 2023

Look forward to either result!!

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @phatom 16 Dec 2023

Keep using them, they are all great products focusing more on your security and privacy

0 sats \ 5 replies \ @Zepasta 15 Dec 2023

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22 sats \ 3 replies \ @Natalia 15 Dec 2023

what if the real cool is not use any phone at all?

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @Zepasta 15 Dec 2023

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9 sats \ 0 replies \ @Natalia 15 Dec 2023

oh, I only use my laptop for SN, so it's doable!

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @garyKrause_ OP 15 Dec 2023

I've considered this. Not yet.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @garyKrause_ OP 15 Dec 2023

Nice try Fed! Hehe Pixel 6a

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @stacker_relation271 15 Dec 2023 freebie

Spotify: MP3s, self hosted.

There's an app called Spotube which will read your spotify playlists and download mp3s from youtube. You can also check F-Droid for open source apps to replace some things. I suggest Organic Maps to replace any map apps.

Mullvad rocks, happy with that for a while and I'm on CalyxOS.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @tensegral 15 Dec 2023 freebie

Graphene does the typical extra privileged access that Android grants to Google's apps, and has a 'compatibility layer' that keeps almost all of the functionality despite not having the privileged access. You'd have to get deep into the weeds to make a detailed assessment, but I run Discord/Spotify and others in a separate profile with Google apps.

Compartmentalizing feels pretty similar to what you might do with browsing/VPNs/Tor.