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For anyone running or interested in running GrapheneOS: I thought it would be a good idea to do everything without installing Google Play Services. I was able to install & use ~90% of what I need, but Wallet of Satoshi apparently needs Google Play. The upside is that you can install the sandboxed Google Play from the GrapheneOS mirror & then remove all permissions including access to network & sensors (essentially completely disabling it), & Wallet of Satoshi will work with no issues. Hard to complain about that 😌

₿on 2y ago

I didn't think Google play is sandboxes unless you install it in a different user profile. Then have to switch users to use the app. I'm on CalyxOS myself. Used GrapheneOS prior to the play services addition.

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finch ☦️ 2y ago

That is not the case. No matter where you install them, its sandboxed. See here: https://grapheneos.org/usage#sandboxed-google-play

Basically it’s Google Play Services but without any special access or privileges like it normally gets.

₿on 2y ago

Interesting. Every video I watch I swear they recommend to install in a seperate user profile.

finch ☦️ 2y ago

Never watched any vids on it myself, just going off of the documentation.

When I used Calyx I would do that because microG is not as sandboxed or hardened as sandboxed GPS on Graphene. So I’d set up all my apps that needed it in the work profile.