ive got no sim card, no trad cell sub, no google/appl/ microsoft apps, all FOSS alternatives running on graphene OS and id say it all works well enough to justify ditching that shit for less corpo surveillance. i recommend 🤙
Discussion
What device?
a pixel 6
Okay, I'm wrestling with this myself. I love having software all tight and cozy, but really wondering about the hardware space.
I can imagine the pixels having a slew of backdoors. For example, your phone still connects to cell towers? (Emergency calls only) do you run it on airplane with wifi 100% of the time?
im sure if a major crimes unit wanted to tap into my phone or figure out my ID they still can but my setup compared to say an apple phone with sim card sub... the privacy difference is immense and we cant let perfect be the enemy of better. i bought the phone with cash and have never done anything to identify my real life identity with it. one funny benefit of a phone# without id is i never, ever get spam calls anymore. so much to the point that i was unsure it was working for a while. i point to that as a relative privacy gain.
All fair points. I'm thinking of getting a fairphone as my next phone . hoping to remove some of the hardware unknowns
What's the setup? Wifi only?
i try and stay wifi only, but have a jmp.chat # and silent.link esim for times i need to be available off wifi ( which isnt too often). this setup has,worked better than i imagined. one of the,best benefits,has been using an esim for,data, as the payment is for the,data,and not time,constrained with use. so, i am encouraged to only use data when i need to, and have eliminated the,redundancy of at home,internet + cell sub with internet l. i only use,one,or the,other now.
god,damn sorry about all the commas 😮💨
Awesome! I am running GrapheneOS, as well, on an Above Phone. I've been meaning to dig into this. Just need to figure out how all the pieces work and pull the trigger on a data-only eSIM.
Thanks!
i was hesitant too. its shockingly easy to get esim with silent.link
What do you think of current nostr:npub10r8xl2njyepcw2zwv3a6dyufj4e4ajx86hz6v4ehu4gnpupxxp7stjt2p8 app list?
ive only tinkered with it so umsure yet. i use obtainium right now
Lmk if you have app suggestions, and feedback 🙏
is zap.store your project?
if yes, please get Wavlake android app on there ( unsure if they are open source though). they only have it on google play store.
nostr:npub1wf4pufsucer5va8g9p0rj5dnhvfeh6d8w0g6eayaep5dhps6rsgs43dgh9 is the creator. I help
The store is pretty dope, so far. I was happy to see a good mix of apps I already use and new ones to explore.
This may be a noob question:
I see that the apps in the store publish the SHA-256 hash for their files. But, using the store, I can't figure out how to check the hash with something like Deadhash before install, as it just goes straight to install. Is there a way to download only or check the hash before install?
Thanks!
That is not a noob question - that is an excellent suggestion!
Short answer: #induecourse
You will be able to perform hash verification, and report this to the nostr network.
In turn, you will be able to see who from your WOT has verified a particular app’s hash.
https://github.com/zapstore/zapstore/issues/101
cc nostr:npub1wf4pufsucer5va8g9p0rj5dnhvfeh6d8w0g6eayaep5dhps6rsgs43dgh9
Awseome! Glad to hear.
nostr:npub1r62uqpe3pmnaxdrmyr98zs24xt9g363pe93h3rpp24s2c7srkc5spq8emd how do you feel about submitting to nostr network that you performed the hash verification?
I think that would be a great feature.
It's a bit of a double-edged sword. On one side, it is promoting checking hashes and probably exposing people to that capability. On the other, web of trust betrays the zero-trust ethos, though it's probably the next best thing.
There's a pretty strong tech community on NOSTR that is well known and highly engaged. So, WoT seems like a viable strategy. How that works as NOSTR scales and the tech community becomes less dominant, I don't know.
I think the positives outweigh the potential negatives, though.
Cool stuff; keep it up guys!
