Emergency alerts &etc set by carrier, I'm locked out?

hadnuff

I'm totally new to graphene (and linux). Have it working -many years on apple/MS wishing for alternatives, finally no apple, no Microslop, NO GOOGLE!
Syncthing is cool. Love FOSS. learning Linux. Love it. You people are amazing, doubtless I'll get a lesson in decorum since this is my first post.
I am annoyed the "emergency alerts", which I disabled, were enabled by the carrier (TELUS) when I inserted SIM. ...A long list of 'services' have been allowed and I can't control any of the associated permissions. "Phone" controls "Nfc services" which appears to touch everything on the phone: I can't disable, greyed out, & then there's "shell" and a host of others, same state, enabled & "this is required for the device to function?
I've been hunting for days but no game so far. As a newb I expect this much; there's so much information, y'all are 'building the infrastructure of human freedom'. There's so much I don't know that the answer to this question cannot possibly be simple.

I understand that system elements and process are locked for my benefit - I've cratered linux many times on my daily driver and store nothing of any value on it! Trying to figure out how to make a bootable clone 'cuz that'll speed things up.
to the point, sorry

it seems that TELUS may have control that I would not grant them, so why is Nfc given access to everything and TELUS (?) appears to have locked all the settings on phone app. I hoped GrapheneOS would rid me of big-tech parasites, but it looks like they are making me part of their mesh whether I like it or not, by taking control of the various radios onboard and precluding user control? other than pulling the SIM, on the day they decide I simply MUST be WARNED it might snow. And it wouldn't matter what shit they're selling, I'm not interested. I'm not part of their little commie tribe, that's the whole point of GrapheneOS, am I wrong?/.

If P2P & BLE mesh on demand are the next revolution that frees us from dependence on the telecoms, who gate-keep the internet, then people must be in control of it, not big tech.

N1b

hadnuff from my understanding it is expected behavior and I have the same issue. In many countries Emergency Alert is a feature required by law, so AOSP and iOS have it and allow any carrier to turn it on by default. It's a GOS feature that offers us the toggle to disable it because some countries abuse the system. You can make a shortcut to the setting or maybe an automation with Tasker/MacroDroid, but for now the best strategy in my experience is getting used to disabling it whenever it gets re-enabled. Fortunately there's a notification for it.

More about emergency alerts has been discussed here and here if you are interested.

On a side note: Using any kind of SIM and the mobile network has more severe privacy and security implications than emergency alerts. It's an inherent tracking network and should be avoided if possible. But I understand that it's very convenient and sometimes necessary to have internet access everywhere which is why I use it myself when required on a secondary device.

I am not speaking for the GOS project.

hadnuff

N1b
Thanks for responding N1b!
If the carrier was sending me a text message with an alert, that might be construed as a courtesy, thanks very much, delete, block. I have exercised freedom. I don't want the government's message, don't care what it is.
If the carrier is activating and configuring an APP that appears to have complete control of everything on my GOS device, well, that's a different thing altogether. I am still enslaved and GOS is no better than iOS or microslop or google. Someone please tell me I'm mistaken and that this is not happening with GOS. What's the point of sandboxes and profiles and degoogling.... what's this all for if the carrier TELUS can compromise my phone instantly , I'm not free, I'm the new guy in cellblock B and its first night every night.

Have found this:
https://discuss.grapheneos.org/d/7965-understanding-wireless-emergency-alerts-app/11

It appears that a user can "toggle" off a few things, truly? It appears rather that the telco has with WEA gained root access. Here in Communada where the misshapen NWO tree of totalitarianism is watered daily by Castro's bastard, we are especially interested in regaining control of our communications devices; secure communications will be crucial on the road ahead.

other8026

hadnuff If the carrier is activating and configuring an APP that appears to have complete control of everything on my GOS device, well, that's a different thing altogether.

That doesn't happen. You can refer to this section of the website: https://grapheneos.org/faq#cellular-tracking. Here's a quote you might find interesting:

GrapheneOS always considers networks to be hostile and avoids placing trust in them. It leaves out various carrier apps included in the stock OS granting carriers varying levels of administrative access beyond standard carrier configuration.