GrapheneOS with RoninMobile

Episode 74 of The Watchman Privacy Podcast – GrapheneOS with RoninMobile

Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Zelko and S2L1 about GrapheneOS and phone privacy. Along the way they explain their pre-built GrapheneOS and CalyxOS phones which they call RoninMobile. This is a great overall introduction to phone privacy.

Guest Links
→ https://ronindojo.io/en/roninmobile
→ https://twitter.com/GuerraMoneta (aka s2l1)
→ https://twitter.com/BTCxZelko (Zelko)
→ https://twitter.com/RoninDojoNode

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→ https://twitter.com/watchmanprivacy
→ https://www.amazon.com/Watchman-Guide-Privacy-Financial-Lifestyle/dp/B08PX7KFS2

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Timeline

0:00 – Introduction
1:54 – Types of phone privacy
3:58 – Why only now do we have decent private phone operating systems?
6:10 – GrapheneOS vs CalyxOS
10:20 – RoninMobile prices and countries available
12:48 – Is Ronin logo printed onto the RoninMobile phones?
14:40 – Does Pixel version matter?
15:48 – Wait… buy a Google phone?
17:50 – Why is it so difficult to have private phone service?
21:32 – How Gabriel uses a phone
22:57 – How important is it to get a new phone when pursuing phone privacy?
24:45 – What are iPhones and Android phones collecting about us?
26:47 – VOIP options
28:40 – Background of GrapheneOS
31:38 – Basic benefits of GrapheneOS
34:20 – Inconveniences of removing Google services
38:36 – Is Waze dysfunctional on GrapheneOS or just defeats the point of a privacy phone?
39:59 – F-Droid before Aurora Store
43:25 – Other little features of GrapheneOS
44:50 – RoninMobile
48:05 – Ronin concerned about getting shut down?
51:14 – Your own phone privacy practices

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