Wow, that guy in the thread attacking them is an asshole.

The newspaper article referenced contains insinuation (linking GrapheneOS to the darkweb, criminal gangs etc), and unnamed sources quoting a police investigation.

But that sort of thing sells newspapers. There didn't appear to be anything about the French state taking specific action (eg passing a law) against Graphene.

Is it just a coincidence that the recent action against archive.today and all its other TLDs is also based out of France? It also at least tangentially involves state action against an element outside of state control, i.e., being able to keep records out of the regime memory hole.

I did not follow up with whether there was any kind of understanding or resolution of what was going on with the Archive situation, but it seems oddly coincidental that these types of actions would be going on effectively simultaneously.

What is wrong with that guy in the comments shouting? Christ on a stick, this is the worst crash out I've seen over something like this

The referenced article: http://archive.today/I65wv

This hostility towards privacy all over the world signals that there is a co-ordinated change happening in the world.

Unfortunately we still don't know what it is or what its goals are.

GrapheneOS is a project with really good intentions, and we should definitely give them credit.

But here’s the thing: criminals end up exploiting tech like this, and that makes the project an easy target for law enforcement. We’ve seen the exact same thing happen with crypto.

We need to just accept that any technology designed for security and privacy is always going to be a double-edged sword.

Another empire throwing a tantrum because it believes itself to be bigger than its citizenry. Lot of that going around lately, but still no real state actors seemingly willing to give sanctuary to these sorts of security and privacy projects beyond Switzerland, and even they seem keen on weakening protections.

If I had Android, I’d absolutely be using GrapheneOS.

Since smartphones were invented, seizing a persons phone and going through their private life on it has become a substitute for real police work.

Of course they will hate it if a particular OS and phone combination make this impossible.

Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité, but just for a few. Remember the French goverment banning encryption in the 90's. The French elite hates science and math because it was modernly developed by the Brits, and they love to put Arts/Humanities bullshitters like Derrida on top as if they mattered something over Francis Bacon and Newton. Just watch any TF1 talk show and you'll understand what I mean. Or, well, any state supported Homeopathy based "pills" (which is mostly snake oil being sold as sugar). Or the Sokal affair...

I can go on and on...

> A simple heuristic for the EU is avoiding countries supporting Chat Control.

Cheers mate.

> > I am preparing an article on the use of your secure personal data phone solution by drug traffickers and other criminals.

I think GrapheneOS needs a really good PR expert volunteer, or funding to pay for a non-volunteer.

My non-PR-expert guesses are... If the journalist is in bad faith or flaky, that might need to be handled. But if the journalist is in good faith, this might be an opportunity, to promote GrapheneOS and/or to start to head off adverse gov't actions there.

(GrapheneOS does some great technical work, and has given me what seems to be a more respectful and trustworthy smartphone than I could get from Apple or Google. Right now, I'd think many countries in Europe and elsewhere should be looking at something like GrapheneOS as a possible interim measure on their way to greater digital sovereignty. I understand that the French people especially value liberty.)