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by empyrrhicist 20 days ago
Agreed, the xda forum thing is a huge security smell. "Here, download this big binary from a random forum user and put it on a device you carry with you everywhere which is equipped with internet, camera, microphone, and GPS. You're welcome!"

The GrapheneOS setup seems a lot better (though it has more limited support).
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DANmode 20 days ago
They reduce their need for involvement by being very opinionated about what the project offers.

More projects should strive to establish a culture like GrapheneOS has.

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red-iron-pine 20 days ago
currently on GraphineOS for those very reasons. There is some amazing stuff in XDA forums but ultimately it's just some random guy posting some random ROM.

Only way I was able to get Cyanogenmod on stuff back in the day, was to use shady hacks from XDA, but man it was super slow and seemed to use a ton of bandwidth...

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