Question about lawncher

Justelent

Hello, I am not a security expert and I was wondering whether Lawnchair is as secure and privacy-protective as GrapheneOS’s default home app, and whether there is any tracking, etc.

nandohyphen1

Justelent I've used LawnChair before. I personally prefer the GOS stock launcher so thats what I use, but lots of users use LawnChair and like it. Last time I used it, I was testing the latest Beta build. I'd recommend sticking with Stable, as I don't know if this issue was fixed yet, as I haven't used LawnChair in a while. But it worked nicely, had a good UI, and overall I'd recommend trying it.

Johnnyloans

Justelent tracking

You can remove the network permission if it asks for it.

CharlieMander

LawnChair asks for Network Permission and Notification Permission. But you can denied it and all other permissions. And also have all "Exploit Protection" settings enabled for LawnChair and it still works fine.

I'm no expert either so I just assume everything I do that's not Bone Stock GrapheneOS is lowering my Security/Privacy... IDk

Ive been NOVA Launcher user since forever and I hate using a phone without NOVA Launcher. But company was sold and I don't trust NOVA Launcher in the slightest anymore even with no Network Permissions and everything else GrapheneOS allows us to control.

So I'm using LawnChair now. It has almost all the features I love from NOVA. It has the Features that are a necessity to me. Plus its OpenSource. I think the Launcher will only get better as more people from NOVA migrate over.
Fingers Crossed.

Stock Pixel Launcher is unusable for me.
I need to have 7 column and 8 rows.
I need to be able to use a icon pack and set individual apps icons that I don't like to whatever icon I want.
If AOSP/Stock Pixel Launcher added just that I would be able to use it.

legreteco

The less apps you have installed, the less attack surface there is.