ianonymous3000

Yes these are not relevant for it's use as an App Feed (i.e. Store, you have no idea what you miss otherwise) or when using it with external repos, or if you dont trust the build system of random app developers, or if you fear they might include malware in their binaries (like with xz) but not in the code (which F-Droid then builds).

F-Droids builds are also reproducible which is a big benefit

    ianonymous3000 great list, here's my feedback:

    • The developer of Syncthing recently announced that development will no longer be continued. I'd remove it from the list as it will become insecure over time.
    • For music streaming I'd recommend InnerTune over RiMusic as it's nicer to navigate and follows Material Design.
    • For YouTube Clients I'm missing LibreTube as the easiest to navigate frontend experience (I'm personally using GrayJay and Tubular, but my beginner peers prefer LibreTube for its design and ease of use).
    • I'd probably remove Zcash (and consequently Zashi) as it's not a "privacy by default" coin and harder to set up in a private way compared to Monero. It's also far less adopted by private services such as Mullvad.

    That's all. Thanks for your work and research!

        N1b The developer of Syncthing recently announced that development will no longer be continued. I'd remove it from the list as it will become insecure over time.

        Removed Syncthing! Thanks for the info - didn't know that.

        N1b For YouTube Clients I'm missing LibreTube as the easiest to navigate frontend experience

        Added LibreTube!

        Thanks for your contributions!

              Consider adding jmp.chat in the phone number masking section. They have a great service.

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              Amazing list.
              I use Play Store and I think it is the simplest and safest way to search, obtain and update apps for most people but it seems wrong to see it below the description "privacy respecting apps" haha 😅
              I would add Aves Gallery too.

              SovereignCopper
              I would add Windscribe only when the infrastructure in production (for all users and locations) is the one that has been audited (FreshScribe).

                I would remove NetGuard since it is not on par with GrapheneOS ability to revoke the Network permission and it is not integrated natively in the OS.
                Please replace Prognoza with Bura weather, from the same developer. He stopped the development of Prognoza to build from the ground up a new weather app. So to say, Bura is in the continuity of Orignozay

                  ianonymous3000 N1b Completely removing Syncthing seems unnecessary: the fork by Catfriend1 has long been recommended over the official, now discontinued, version. And since the Android versions are wrappers of the official binaries, development will not stop (proof).

                  IamZorro NetGuard has a lot more features than just stopping network permissions, such as traffic analysis, so it depends on what you want to use it for. +1 for Bura Weather, although development seems stale for that one, too.

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                        Hello..
                        Have some questions about the list: (General questions)
                        There are 3 keyboard apps listed right there, I wonder what benefit they offer better/different than the default GrapheneOS Keyboard? (In terms of privacy, if not then customisability-wise)
                        Also, why Aurora store and F-droid are not listed right there, Any problem with them?
                        What do you think of these two browsers: Cromite & Mull?
                        Which one do you prefer using on GrapheneOS, Mail clients (eg, FairMail & K9-Mail) or Email apps (eg, Tuta)? Why?
                        Last question is about Firewall, DNS filtering, and ADblocker. I am new to them so what are their benefits and how can they be used? Can you recommend a one to me while using GrapheneOS?

                          Awesome list! I'd just add Firefox in the web browser section and YouTube Revanced in the YT section.

                          CravingPrivacy
                          Aurora and Fdroid are insecure sources
                          Same statement for the browsers mentioned

                          These points are regularly discussed on the forum with strong technical explanations from GrapheneOS devs.

                              You may want to consider Inter Profile Sharing app.

                              This is a purposefully simple, native App that allows forwarding media and text to another Android User Profile as easily as sharing it with another App.

                              It did not work for me on GOS but I think it has for others. Author said over on PrivacyGuides that the app should still function even in Airplane mode.

                              This App doesn’t need any network connection at all and works in Airplane mode. The communication between sharing server and client happens all on the local loopback interface and there’s no way to connect to the server from outside of the phone.

                                fph FUTO Keyboard is source available, not open source, by the traditional definition of open source. It's worth noting that the license is stricter than a typical non-commercial usage license because it disallows removing monetization they add to the app. Typically, a non-commercial usage license would allow someone to non-commercially redistribute a modified version without monetization features included. They could not take payments for it, monetize it, etc. and whether or not they could take donations is debatable but probably allowed as long as absolutely nothing was provided in return for them.

                                  NetRunner88

                                  Are there privacy benefits to not using google playstore to download your apps? My understand was that there are also different 'flavors' of apps and some that are from the google playstore may have trackers that are not included in the f-droid 'flavor'? I could be wrong about that though!

                                      treenutz68 You are right. It is the case for such apps as Organic Maps or Molly (well, not exactly as you mention, since they have different flavours, independently from where you download them from). Anyway, there are obvious privacy-benefits to not having any Corp-that-shall-not-be-named app such as Play on your phone. But that might come with other limitations such as security. I choose to download apps from Obtainium and of course Accrescent as much as I can, but use Corp-that-shall-not-be-named Play for all others.

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