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@PGroebbel @naomibrockwell Would enjoy finding out more about this phone....??? I looked at it...and who runs the "company" is not clear.

Hyundai and Kia added official GrapheneOS support to their apps months before Volkswagen banned GrapheneOS: discuss.grapheneos.org/d/31697-myhyun… Pressure from Volkswagen customers on them can achieve the same thing. There's no legitimate reason to ban GrapheneOS so they'll undo it with pressure. Leave a 1 star review for Volkswagen's apps on the Play Store asking them to stop banning GrapheneOS. Explain it's a far more secure operating system and fully possible for them to verify the hardware, OS and their app on it if they insist on doing it. It's far more secure than anything they allow. Google has misled companies about what the Play Integrity API provides. It doesn't genuinely enforce having a secure device or legitimate app, it only pretends to. It leaves huge security holes open. It enforces Google's business interests and bans having a reasonably secure device with GrapheneOS. Most companies are unlikely to stop using the Play Integrity API but most are willing to start permitting GrapheneOS via hardware attestation with enough pressure. In addition to every user of their app on GrapheneOS leaving a 1 star review on the Play Store, multiple other steps can be taken too. Every GrapheneOS user with one of their cars using the app should file a customer support request. Keep answering them and countering the template responses. Escalate the request higher up. Tell them you want money back for the vehicle due to reduced functionality after the fact and insist on it. They can trivially stop enforcing the anti-security and anti-competitive Play Integrity API or easily add hardware-based verification of GrapheneOS. Link to grapheneos.org/articles/attes… in the customer support request, but don't add any links to Play Store reviews to avoid filtering. A bunch of apps have added explicit support for GrapheneOS due to pressure from our users. Our userbase is rapidly growing and we'll gain the ability to apply massive pressure to companies doing this. We plan to ship a feature for our Info app for people to opt-in to getting asked for their help. GrapheneOS is production quality OS from a non-profit paying around 15 people to work on it. It's far more secure than anything supported by the Play Integrity API. We have an official partnership with Motorola and we'll have more. Just counter template responses and insist on compensation or a fix.

Utah passed a ban on VPNs. Today's youth of Utah are tomorrow's VPN experts.

Freedom of the Press Foundation @FreedomofPress

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Utah recently became the first state to ban using VPNs to circumvent its online age-verification law. Other states are considering following suit. But VPN bans hurt press freedom. Here’s how: freedom.press/issues/how-jou…

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Refusing data collection is now being treated as suspicious behavior. Privacy is being pushed into a niche and treated like something only criminals care about. Privacy should be normal.

International Cyber Digest @IntCyberDigest

2 months ago

‼️🚨 ALARMING: Google now treats privacy as suspicious behavior by default. Users of GrapheneOS, CalyxOS, /e/OS, and other deGoogled Android phones are being locked out of millions of websites unless they install the exact Google Play Services software they deliberately removed.

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Surprise! Chrome silently installs a 4GB AI model you didn’t ask for. No install prompt. No consent. If you delete it, Chrome downloads it again. malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2026…

Countries that already have ID checks for social media in 2026: 1. Australia 2. Greece 3. Brazil 4. Turkey...See more

🚨Cyber Alert ‼️ 🇺🇸US - 𝗨𝗱𝗲𝗺𝘆 ShinyHunters claims to have breached Udemy, with over 1.4M records compromised, including PII and other internal corporate data. Threat actor: ShinyHunters Sector: Education Data exposure (claimed): 1,400,000 records Data type: Personal data and internal corporate data Observed: Apr 24, 2026 Status: Pending verification ESIX©: 6.30 Full details and impact assessment on HackRisk.io

A bill for the people? We nearly forgot the government could do that 👀 The US government regularly gets around the 4th Amendment by buying data from “third-party” data brokers, to invade your privacy with no oversight. Why this is legal? We have no idea, but @RepThomasMassie and @RepBoebert just introduced the Surveillance Accountability Act (with help from @naomibrockwell!) which closes this loophole. The bill would mandate warrants for all surveillance, including a ban on invasive AI and facial recognition mass surveillance in public spaces 💪 Check it out here and let us know what you think: surveillanceaccountability.com

Most of our users aren't active on these social media platforms and don't receive news about GrapheneOS beyond our release notes. Hundreds of thousands of people use it as a daily driver without closely following the project. We plan to reduce our dependence on these platforms.

🛑 WARNING: Bitwarden CLI was compromised in a supply chain attack. @bitwarden/[email protected] included malicious code after attackers hijacked GitHub Actions, stole secrets, and pushed a tampered version to npm. 🔗 Learn how the attack worked → thehackernews.com/2026/04/bitwar…

🚨 HOLY CRAP! Ilhan Omar’s fake “winery” has been legally DISSOLVED — just NINE DAYS within her “amended” financial disclosure being filed The Somali fraud queen has been LASHING OUT over reporters asking about her bogus winery and wild swings in net worth. Keep pressing! 🔥 h/t @MichaelH_MN 🎥 @alisonintheknow

Apple's networking stack is preventing the iOS app from being as secure as possible, we have now secured our app to mitigate this despite the rough edges around the update procedure. Read more here: mullvad.net/blog/force-all…

Not even online gaming is safe anymore, as all facets of life are being invaded by "age verification" laws designed to "protect children." Meanwhile, tech monoliths like Google siphon data from children as young as 13, building ad profiles meant to manipulate their young minds.

Pirat_Nation 🔴 @Pirat_Nation

2 months ago

PlayStation has started emailing adult accounts in the UK and Ireland asking them to verify their age. You scan a QR code with your phone and confirm your age using your mobile number, a government ID, or a quick face scan with a company called Yoti. It’s optional for now, but

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︎ ︎ ︎ ︎ ︎ ︎ ︎ Privacy is not negotiable. ︎ ︎ ︎ ︎ ︎ ︎ ︎ ︎

Andrew Huberman dropped a brutal truth on The Nine Club: People shed fat shockingly fast once they quit letting ultra-processed carbs and fats hijack their brain — and eat only meat, fish, eggs, fruit, vegetables, water, coffee, or tea. No bread. No pasta. No rice. No alcohol. No sneaky negotiations. The real revelation isn’t the list. It’s how fast hunger signals recalibrate when the engineered override disappears. One ribeye and greens can kill cravings that “balanced” meals never touched. It forces a deeper question: How much of our food struggle is willpower… and how much is biology getting hijacked by modern design? Have you ever stripped back to whole foods only — and been stunned by how quickly your appetite or cravings changed? What actually lasted, and what dragged you back into the old cycle?

Andrew Huberman gives instructions if you want to lose weight. Pay attention.

49 missed calls from Dana White.

🚨 BOMBSHELL: KISS cofounder Gene Simmons goes nuclear on Hollywood celebrities like Ben Stiller and Mark Ruffalo by stating, "People work hard for a living, and they don’t want to be lectured by people who live in mansions and drive Rolls-Royces. It’s time to shut the fuk up."