• helenslunch@feddit.nl
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    8 months ago

    Strange question: how/why is anyone using Galaxy Watches on GOS?

    I tried them a few years ago and they wouldn’t even work without installing like 7 different Samsung spyware apps on the phone. This is the whole reason I avoid Samsung products in the first place.

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      8 months ago

      The app sandboxing in Graphene is the perfect place to use them. All you need is the Galaxy Wear app. Maybe Samsung Health, but I think that is optional.

      Along with the protections built into Graphene, I use an always on VPN; and 99% of my accounts use unique email addresses, usernames, and passwords for each account.

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        8 months ago

        App sandboxing is available on standard Android but that means nothing when you log into a Samsung account and give them permissions to all of your personal data.

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          8 months ago

          Well, when they have fake user data and can’t access any data from others apps…it means more than nothing.

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            8 months ago

            Do you not have notifications on your smartwatch? No calendar, location, calls, contacts, etc?