I am in this rabbit hole too! I recently discovered that 3/5 of my external drives are still using inferior LUKS1 encryption instead of LUKS2 so I have to figure that out. Also I just got a yubikey and set it up with challenge-response so now my laptop needs the yubikey inserted, and a password and you have to press the button on the yubikey to unlock it.
All of this is very unnecessary because I have no data that is of any use to anyone else, it’s just become a fun project to see how locked-down I can make my laptop.
Edit: also posting this from my phone running GrapheneOS lol
Unnecessary but fun, same here. Literally no one would gain anything interesting by hacking into my laptop. Maybe they’ll learn that I’m autistic af then run away scared from the evidence of adhd hyper fixations that have been loved, then abandoned? Yubikey is on my list to explore. Then there’s the whole self hosting rabbit hole. So much to see, so little time.
How are you liking your GrapheneOS phone? Which one did you get? I’m eyeing a pixel 10 pro.
I have a pixel 8 pro currently, but I was running it on a 4a before that. It’s a bit of a trade-off, you get more privacy obviously and some more manual control over stuff, but also you lose some convenience. I’m kind of used to it now though.
It also depends on how deep you want to go with de-googling and stuff too. Currently I’m trying to avoid Google as much as possible (which sounds weird to say when using a Google Pixel lol) so I’m using things like Aurora Store and Obtainium as app stores.
I’ve already degoogled, I’m on an iPhone 15 pro and have mostly deappled as well. Only iCloud remaining, because I can’t decide which alternative to go with. Ente probably, I mainly use it for photos. I just keep reading all the threads I can find on Pixel/GOS. I think the only hesitation I have left is the camera quality. I read mixed opinions. At first I was horrified at having to buy a Google phone in order to degoogle, but I’ve come round to finding it kinda funny that it can be done!
I am in this rabbit hole too! I recently discovered that 3/5 of my external drives are still using inferior LUKS1 encryption instead of LUKS2 so I have to figure that out. Also I just got a yubikey and set it up with challenge-response so now my laptop needs the yubikey inserted, and a password and you have to press the button on the yubikey to unlock it.
All of this is very unnecessary because I have no data that is of any use to anyone else, it’s just become a fun project to see how locked-down I can make my laptop.
Edit: also posting this from my phone running GrapheneOS lol
Unnecessary but fun, same here. Literally no one would gain anything interesting by hacking into my laptop. Maybe they’ll learn that I’m autistic af then run away scared from the evidence of adhd hyper fixations that have been loved, then abandoned? Yubikey is on my list to explore. Then there’s the whole self hosting rabbit hole. So much to see, so little time.
How are you liking your GrapheneOS phone? Which one did you get? I’m eyeing a pixel 10 pro.
I have a pixel 8 pro currently, but I was running it on a 4a before that. It’s a bit of a trade-off, you get more privacy obviously and some more manual control over stuff, but also you lose some convenience. I’m kind of used to it now though.
It also depends on how deep you want to go with de-googling and stuff too. Currently I’m trying to avoid Google as much as possible (which sounds weird to say when using a Google Pixel lol) so I’m using things like Aurora Store and Obtainium as app stores.
I’ve already degoogled, I’m on an iPhone 15 pro and have mostly deappled as well. Only iCloud remaining, because I can’t decide which alternative to go with. Ente probably, I mainly use it for photos. I just keep reading all the threads I can find on Pixel/GOS. I think the only hesitation I have left is the camera quality. I read mixed opinions. At first I was horrified at having to buy a Google phone in order to degoogle, but I’ve come round to finding it kinda funny that it can be done!
I also got mine refurbished, so that way Google presumably doesn’t get any money from me, at least not directly.