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by britneybitch 1266 days ago
I looked at GrapheneOS too, but the author is philosophically opposed to letting users root their device.[1] I understand the security argument, I really do, but root is too useful to give up, and I don't want to be locked out of my own hardware. I'm informed of the risks and willing to accept the power/responsibility tradeoff.

[1]: https://old.reddit.com/r/GrapheneOS/comments/du23la/rooted_o...
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andrepd 1266 days ago
I think the same, that's why I settled on LineageOS+MicroG. No google spyware with near-perfect compatibility with the few non-Free apps I need to use. Slap an OS-wide content blocker for trackers and ads (AdAway) and a firewall in whitelist mode (AfWall+), and you're good to go! Great battery life and no spyware.
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acidburnNSA 1266 days ago
Does it get around root-detecting corporate spyware like Microsoft Authenticator by chance?
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Anon1096 1266 days ago
I have a rooted phone with no cloaking at all and Microsoft Authenticator works fine.
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acidburnNSA 1266 days ago
I'll have to look into it again. Maybe there's an option where corporate sysadmins can forbid rooted phones or not.
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wesapien 1266 days ago
Magisk (root app) has options to hide itself to selected apps. I had one app complain abouy beinh rooted and I added it to the hidelist. It worked. After that, I just added all my apps that don't need root to the hidelist. There is also sanboxing that creates separate environments (personal/work). I've used Island and I'm now using Shelter sandboxing after reading privacyguides. I mainly used it to run two instances of a voip phone app so I can have 2 phone numbers.
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doix 1266 days ago
There's probably an Xposed module that may or may not work. For my local cities bus app, I used to patch the APK manually because the Xposed module didn't work (but this was many moons ago).

Your best bet is to just search for how to setup Xposed on your phone+ROM then try the different modules to see if one works for. Ideally build it yourself from source since you don't want to trust random code being injected into your trusted apps.

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andrepd 1266 days ago
It's dead simple to install LSPosed from the Magisk app
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