Nothing was more eye opening in regards to our enprisonment than attempting to use #GrapheneOS as my one and only mobile device.
If you attempt to maintain any privacy and self dignity over your digital life, money, and posessions, you are immediately treated like an enemy of the government.
what was the biggest challenge ?
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At my job I'm expected to use Microsoft Authenticator and Cisco Duo which use proprietary MFA. They don't fully work without Google Play services. Same thing for MS Teams or Slack. Essentially, all major mainstream apps depend on Google not on Android's framework. And Google is a spying machine for government.
You can't use [Aegis](https://github.com/beemdevelopment/aegis)?
No. I had Aegis set up originally, but I was only allowed a certain amount of log ins before I was forced to use the proprietary algorithm (which, being proprietary, Aegis doesn't support as it communicates with MS servers). Duo is better, it says "oh, no push notification? That sucks, just open the app manually". Authenticator won't work without push. I had to force my account to send me the code anyway by saying the app wasn't working for me.
What service are you trying to authenticate to? I assumed MS365, which I have no issue with using Aegis
I'm also using Aegis with Microsoft products in my job. No issues
The admin can choose to enforce the Microsoft algorithm. The company I work for now does.
Have you asked them to change that? Our CS guys appreciate the fact I run Graphene and are always willing to help out when I have self-inflicted "issues" like this
The MS Authenticator side, maybe. That's the company I work at. The Cisco Duo stuff I cannot do anything about. That's the client I work for so I'm not really an employee there just a contractor.
That sucks!
You must mean socially if you mention that you use graphene, because I've def experienced that too. It is always a mask off moment where you see that everyone around you operates under the assumption you must be monitored at all times.
Please continue to elaborate. We are all very curious about this.
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It’s pretty wild. Graphene helps you see all the ways you are “linked”
How so? Am completely harmonious with your commitment to step outside the system. But hearing some real life consequences & challenges would be the real benefit for us.
