I’m saying because of that I don’t think tor can be said to be “for true anonymity browsing”.

Will these still be considered “criminal phones” by the governments that already make that claim against GrapheneOS users?

there are many decent smartphones available for less money than pixels though, even from motorola

I was more complaining about the obviously-wrong title, because yes the article does explain how to uninstall it.

How would it be reinstalled if you can’t uninstall it in the first place?

To me “can’t remove” implies it cannot be uninstalled at all.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sybil_attack

Snowden files also shows us that multiple world governments admit their goal is to run and control as many nodes as possible to increase chances of Sybil attack successes.

But the title says it can’t be removed?

Tor browser (for true anonymity browsing

I lol’ed

Power off the phone completely.

Snowden proved this isn’t always possible. There are phones that have their baseband radio continually powered on even if the main application OS is shut down… further complicated by the fact that most batteries are no longer removable (especially outside the EU).

Also, it’s possible for the baseband to have its own physical connection to the device’s GPS, mic, camera etc. that it can use even when the main OS isn’t running. Coupled with proprietary blackbox radios known to have intentional weaknesses and sometimes backdoors… it’s basically never safe to have a phone on you, period.

Why is immutable a requirement?

Edge, Kiwi, and Yandex browsers on Android support Dark Reader (and extensions in general).

https://darkreader.org/tips/mobile/

https://www.makeuseof.com/chrome-extensions-android-mobile/

Did you miss the part where you must disable Javascript?

Who said anything about critical?

I just don’t want my hard disk wiped when I decide to try a piece of software.

ELI5?

Dark Reader master race

Security updates if you use it online or copy new binaries to run on it. Even if you’re not worried about hackers, there can still be viruses and malware that destroy your data.

Lots of retro enthusiasts still use legacy hardware for all sorts of reasons… I fear that a fork of the kernel will be necessary in the near future to keep these machines running.

The notion of using Linux to revive old hardware and keep it out of the landfill may not last forever…

I think there will always be people stuck with their existing confirmation biases, but if the advice merely helps less people it’s still better than nothing at all… some people are just beyond saving.

Wow, this article is a great resource to show someone who thinks privacy is pointless because “I have nothing to hide.”

It’s hard to find good real-world examples of how people’s data is being used in ways they would be against if only they knew about them.

no