The thing is, this change isn’t new, it’s been coming for a while (as in years, it started with at least Android 13).
Though it’s weird, some apps still get full access, such as Resilio Sync, though other similar apps such as Nextcloud and Syncthing don’t.
I recently setup a phone and when installing Resilio it asked for permissions to the entire SD card, so clearly there’s still a mechanism, but only some apps are permitted to ask for it.
That’s my major critique point of Graphene - it’s nice and all, but directly or indirectly supporting Google is pretty contrary to my goal. And, ofc, I’d much rather have a fairphone. I’d wish they’d support Google’s special security features too.
Special security features? Fairphone either doesn’t or improperly supports basic security features. They’re late on security patches, their implementation of verified boot is broken, and generally their security is worse than any other major phone brand.
All of it, custom roms dont help at all. For example custom roms dont solve their broken implementation of verified boot or how they used public keys for verified boot. In addition custom roms rarely go out of their way to add security patches that the OEM hasnt added themselves. For example, GraphineOS relies on Google to publish security patches in a timely manner for them to keep GraphineOS secure. GraphineOS can trust Google because they have a proven track record of publishing open source security peatches in a timely manner while Fairphone has proven to be the exact opposite.
That explains why some files don’t sync on my device … just more reasons to fully switch to Lineage/Linux
Though, I’ve never seen any warning from Nextcloud that there might be an issue due to using the gplay version
Jup, I just assumed that I had the F-Droid version. I just downloaded dev from there
The thing is, this change isn’t new, it’s been coming for a while (as in years, it started with at least Android 13).
Though it’s weird, some apps still get full access, such as Resilio Sync, though other similar apps such as Nextcloud and Syncthing don’t.
I recently setup a phone and when installing Resilio it asked for permissions to the entire SD card, so clearly there’s still a mechanism, but only some apps are permitted to ask for it.
Something fishy going on.
If you have a Google Pixel I reccomend GraphineOS
That’s my major critique point of Graphene - it’s nice and all, but directly or indirectly supporting Google is pretty contrary to my goal. And, ofc, I’d much rather have a fairphone. I’d wish they’d support Google’s special security features too.
Special security features? Fairphone either doesn’t or improperly supports basic security features. They’re late on security patches, their implementation of verified boot is broken, and generally their security is worse than any other major phone brand.
How much of that is relevant with a custom ROM?
All of it, custom roms dont help at all. For example custom roms dont solve their broken implementation of verified boot or how they used public keys for verified boot. In addition custom roms rarely go out of their way to add security patches that the OEM hasnt added themselves. For example, GraphineOS relies on Google to publish security patches in a timely manner for them to keep GraphineOS secure. GraphineOS can trust Google because they have a proven track record of publishing open source security peatches in a timely manner while Fairphone has proven to be the exact opposite.
I was wondering why my custom sync folders weren’t syncing anymore.