Recent content by organophosphate

Hm, is there a more appropriate thread in which to comment that I won't be using NetGuard or financially supporting its development while it actively precludes the use of Xposed? It's your project and it seems you have made a calculated decision about this, but I wanted to post feedback that you...

Just wanted to stop by to say that I decided to install NetGuard for the first time today. I was disappointed to see that I would have been able to try it had I downloaded it a month ago with version 2.163 only to find out today that my device is no longer supported in the current build. As I...

Furthermore, even if the Xposed port to Android N worked and XPrivacy loaded, it would be a non sequitur to assume it would function as expected given the changes in the OS. The privacy attack surface changes with each new Android API level, rendering M66B's porting task into a Sisyphean labor...

Right, that would be the archetypal "**** you" error message I was referencing. I didn't see you mention that before — only "missing features". With a user-visible error and demand that you reconfigure your device, that makes it obviously intentional & malicious. I disagree. This is standard...

What specifically ends up changing if xprivacy is enabled? I.e. does this look more like an intentional disabling, or does it look like a bug in the uber app? In general, apps that fail these kinds of "system integrity tests" are straightforward with the "**** you, reconfigure your device the...

Presumably you meant v87.

Okay, at this point I'm willing to look stupid and ask the question too. My brand new 3T was running OOS 3.5.4 and supported VoLTE (displaying an annoying, very wide VoLTE status bar icon at all times). I flashed this ROM—thanks for all the work, Sultanxda—but there's no obnoxious VoLTE icon...

What manner of evil app would do such a thing? Mind sharing the name of the app so that the company involved can be added to my permanent boycott list? If it were me, my first inclination would be to disassemble the app and look at the code. The detection is likely to be performed within the...

Here's a great example: go into the Android permissions control for Google Play Services. Disable the permission for Body Sensors and Microphone. Then try to use the GMail app to compose an email. See what the error message literally says. So, **** you very much, google. You're officially as bad...

In addition to XPrivacy, I'm already using AFWall+, AppOps Xposed, and an always-on VPN. Cool, I'll check it out for consideration to be added it into the mix. Thanks. A firewall is necessary but insufficient due to in-band privacy leaks. I require XPrivacy to intercept calls and feed apps...

Thanks. Well, I *need* XPrivacy and not only is that dependent on Xposed but I subsequently found out that development likely won't support anything later than Marshmallow. So, that's where I'll be indefinitely until someone replicates that. It does. Thanks. The largest concern is battery...

Yes, this would indeed disable the permissions. In addition to using XPrivacy, AFWall, a VPN, etc, I also use permission revocation via AppOpsXposed in Marshmallow. However, go ahead and try the permission revocations and see how many apps run as you expect. I'm not talking about revoking "Keep...

I put no faith in disabling permissions at the Android level to secure my privacy. CyanogenMod 7 tried that, and apps failed to work/FC'd all the time, because it was outright permission revocation (the CM devs refused to allow data faking). I understand that now apps would be required to expect...

I disagree, unless you were making a reference to Wirth's law. My Nexus 5 crawls today in comparison to how it ran years ago, and I'm constantly short on RAM when I wasn't in the past. Most of this is the bloat caused by apps. It will help, of course, that the OS wouldn't be upgraded. I also...

Presuming no Xposed framework will ever be available for Android N or later, what hardware would you buy today? I will not run an Android version without Xposed (due to the need for XPrivacy). Therefore, I seek opinions on the best available, future-proofed hardware to run Xposed. For example...