Neil Brown
Neil Brown boosted
Andrew
@Andrew@mnstdn.monster  ·  activity timestamp last week

I have a travel question for those using Pixel phones... Have you been singled out by US customs/border security?

I read the recent story here in Spain about Pixel users being targeted due to the popularity of GrapheneOS and I haven't been to the US yet with the current regime in place, so not sure what to expect. Just wondering if even the sight of the phone is a red flag for them.

Boost please!

#grapheneOS #graphene#Pixel#Surveillance #security #privacy
nemo™ 🇺🇦
@nemo@mas.to  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

GrapheneOS just dropped stable Android 16 support for Pixel devices! 🚀🔒 Despite new hurdles from Google, the team’s update includes the TapTrap vulnerability fix and under-the-hood improvements. No flashy features, all about security! #GrapheneOS#Android16#Pixel #privacy #security

🔗 https://www.heise.de/en/news/GrapheneOS-releases-Android-16-in-the-stable-channel-10484215.html

Shortlink: https://heise.de/-10484215
Jan Penfrat
@ilumium@eupolicy.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

Blah blah blah I'm gonna spare you the list of unsubstantiated bollocks claims by #Google lobbyists like "Europeans already pay more for flights because they can't use Google to find the cheapest." or "We had 3,000 engineers working 2 years full time to be compliant." and the like rather than explaining to us why we still cannot uninstall the Chrome browser.... 🙄
Jan Penfrat
@ilumium@eupolicy.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

Hmmm, so #Google lobbyists claim "All apps on Android can be uninstalled" but from my testing on #Android 16 with all latest updates on a #Pixel this appears to be false.

Google's own #DMA compliance report from March 2025 says this is wrong:

"Android allows to uninstall apps by: (i) fully deleting apps that are downloaded or pre-installed in the user partition; and (ii) uninstalling apps in the system partition such that they are returned into an uninstalled state."

https://storage.googleapis.com/transparencyreport/report-downloads/pdf-report-bb_2024-3-7_2025-3-6_en_v1.pdf