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newbie24689

  • Joined Aug 13, 2022
  • In What do you use for locating businesses etc?

    @newbie24689 I can confirm the issue also occurs with the original app, not only my fork. This is due URLs outside the scope of GMaps are denied.

    I will try to change it in my release soon. Thanks again

  • In Google Smart Lock

    ve3jlg What's wrong with @newbie24689 comment? Seems appropriate, concise, to the point, AND accurate. S/he did state "IMHO" - if you dont share that opinion, fine, proceed with your own. I think your comment is much more inappropriate and out of line falsely accusing a perfectly good answer that you, apparently, did not like to "turn you off". Appears victimizing. That's how it came across to me. I apologize if I misread it.

    It has been said many times on these forums that Firefox is an inferior product use of which is strongly discouraged and Vanadium recommended every single time, but, you do you.

      • In Google Smart Lock

        sugseg52 There's no need to be sarcastic here

        Thanks for stating what needed to be said. @newbie24689 's comments are the kind that really turn me off the GrapheneOS community.

        I too am a longtime Firefox user and will continue to be so. Vanadium is not perfect and certainly does not need all my needs for privacy.

          • In "owner", "secondary", and "regular usage" profiles?

            Hi there @newbie24689!

            To be fair, I didn't write the documentation (I'm just a moderator), but:

            Using a secondary profile for regular usage allows you to make use of the device without decrypting the data in your regular usage profile.

            makes sense to me.

            As @mythodical said "make use of the device" sounds intentionally broad there, and I do think it makes sense to prhase it that way.

            Example: You could have a secondary profile where you install all of your apps, store your data (contacts, photos, videos).

            You can have that profile fully locked and its data inaccessible, but still receive and make calls through the owner profile, use the browser, or anything else.

            The advantage of this setup is that you can for example hand your phone to someone else after ending the session of your secondary profile, and they won't be able to access anything in there. If all of your apps/data is in your main profile, they can simply switch from whatever profile you're on when you hand them the device back to the owner profile, and thus access your data, as the owner profile needs to be unlocked for any secondary profile to be usable.

            I hope that this provides some more context and perhaps makes that sentence in the docs a bit more clear.

            • In P7P start up loop after web install attempt