GrapheneOS recommended for domestic abuse victims

Re:GrapheneOS recommended for domestic abuse victims by fragmede on Friday July 17, 2026 @02:35AM (#48943991)

> It's not like Google is going to sell your tracking data to abuser.

No, that's exactly the fear. With enough disclaimers and third parties involved, a motivated, highly intelligent and rich attacker with the right connections could get that information.

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Re:GrapheneOS recommended for domestic abuse victims by izacus on Friday July 17, 2026 @03:24AM (#48944307)

Explain how (in comparison to GrapheneOS) please.

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Re:GrapheneOS recommended for domestic abuse victims by Cider9986 on Friday July 17, 2026 @03:27AM (#48944321)

Zero Google services ship by default.

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Re:GrapheneOS recommended for domestic abuse victims by izacus on Friday July 17, 2026 @06:21AM (#48945505)

I meant - explain how would that data retrieval actually happen in real life for a domestic abuser.

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Re:GrapheneOS recommended for domestic abuse victims by inigyou on Friday July 17, 2026 @06:52AM (#48945747)

Abuser calls police and says the victim did some crime, police subpoena Google for location history.

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Re:GrapheneOS recommended for domestic abuse victims by bryan_w on Friday July 17, 2026 @12:17PM (#48949096)

How is that different from getting that data from the phone company?

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Re:GrapheneOS recommended for domestic abuse victims by inigyou on Friday July 17, 2026 @12:19PM (#48949136)

It isn't?

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Re:GrapheneOS recommended for domestic abuse victims by fragmede on Friday July 17, 2026 @07:36PM (#48953493)

The end result is the same, the abuser gets the location of their victim. More routes for the abuse to get that is worse than fewer ways for them to get it.

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