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From: Jeff Layman <Jeff@invalid.invalid>
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Subject: Re: What can't you do on Android WITHOUT a Google Account set up in
 the OS?
Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2025 08:47:14 +0000
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On 01/01/2025 20:16, R.Wieser wrote:
> Jeff,
> 
>> You may have replaced the original Android OS in whatever Pixel you're
>> using with GrapheneOS, but it's still Android.
> 
> Absolutily.  Just like Googles tracking and adware-infested version of
> android is just android. :-)
> 
>> I've always understood that GrapheneOS is Android that's been "degoogled"
> 
> What about the possibility that some nitwit has come up with that
> explanation, and instead GrapheneOS is a clean version of Android plus some
> privacy and security stuff added to it ?

Well, you might like to bet on that possibility but I most certainly 
would not! Android is Google's baby and they spent a lot of time, money, 
and effort bringing it up. I know that GrapheneOS has been reviewed and 
the general view is that it is pretty good at what it does (interesting 
discussion here: 
<https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/i-dont-trust-pixel-graphene-where-are-the-authoritative-claims-of-its-credibility/17503/1>). 
However, Android is said to have 12 million lines of code. Is it really 
known to anyone outside Google what all of them do?

-- 
Jeff