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You can still use Google pay on a smartwatch even if it's paired with a grapheneOS phone if that interests you. I use an oura ring for biometrics so I don't have a smart watch, but that's one factor that tempted me to ditch the ring for a watch.

I also just don't think it's legit practically speaking. Plenty of shops, gas stations, etc do not support apple pay or Google pay, so what then?

I suppose it's just a matter of perspective. "Needs to" is a bit strong imo. Do you carry a license? Those are generally not available digitally. Also what about a worst case scenario where your phone is dead, broken, stolen, or payments are not working?

Did not see your other comments, glad it worked for you!

2 quirks I found that were easily fixed, not sure if you will find them handy:

• Weather app automatic locations doesn't work --> enable geocoder in settings > location > location services
• Google maps location lock doesn't work until leaving parking garages --> settings > location > location services > network location

Not sure what you mean by "if I don't have a device"? Also I meant malicious apps moreso than malicious devices. If you have root access then if a malicious app gets control there's basically no restrictions on what it can do given root access.

Also as far as plain hacking the phone, not through a bad app but through an external device. Pegasus (although probably an unlikely scenario for the average person) can basically hack any smartphone, with the exception of grapheneOS (there were some leaked slides from a meeting a while back that essentially confirmed this).

You say "make things stronger", well sandboxing and improved permissions access do make for stronger, more contained systems, and grapheneOS improves on both of those. Root access basically provides a sledgehammer to all of that

Interesting, but I don't think there's anything in that article that actually mentions credit card companies did not cover the loss? Did I miss that somehow?

I am on T-Mobile and up until this weekend it was definitely broken. People had temporary workarounds but nothing seemed to stick. This weekend a new build was released with a specific setting that provides the ability to use RCS on T-Mobile (and I think At&t is fixed too)

https://grapheneos.org/usage#rcs

Can you elaborate on how it's security through obscurity? I'm just saying what the devs have said. It does make sense though that if you provide root access that it could be easier for malicious devices to gain root access and therefore take more harmful actions

For me this is nonnegotiable, I have plenty of family and friends that I'm in group RCS chats and it's unreasonable to expect other people to confirm to your privacy expectations. I limit non-Signal chats when possible, but in many cases it's either RCS or miss important conversations with family and friends

I've gladly given up Google pay, can you really rely on your phone and completely go without a card anyways? I always carried my cards as a backup just in case so it's hardly a convenience IMO

Rooting is not possible because of the security risks posed by doing so. You could technically build your own GOS with root enabled, but that's not recommended

I have a quest 3 but I'm not paying meta a dime for anything beyond the headset. It's much cheaper to buy games on Steam if that setup works for you. There are also apps like apprenticeVR that basically let you download and install any APK for games to play then directly on the headset.

Recently apprenticeVR gave me some issues reaching the servers, but it looks like there are some forks made recently to provide a fix until the main project incorporates something:

https://github.com/jimzrt/apprenticeVr/issues/47

I get what you're saying but it seems overly complicated and unnecessary risk. We know UV exposure is not good, so why do it? Yes the body can make vitamin D with some exposure, but what's your opposition to simply taking a supplement and eating vitamin D rich foods or fortified drinks?

Your setup needs to account for timing, distance, and duration appropriately without any easy feedback to determine those parameters are correct. Even then there are still risks including eye exposure as you said.

What you're saying can be done, but it's complicated and not without risk when there are easier and safer alternatives. Personally, I take a medication that increases my risks from sun exposure, so I always wear sunscreen and avoid direct sunlight when possible. I've found taking a supplement to be super easy and it's generally a good idea to take a high quality, well rounded supplement since it can account for other nutrients your diet may be lacking at any point in time (ex. Was my diet lower in iron or some vitamin this week? No big deal since I supplement anyways)