GrapheneOS contacts app connects to Google servers
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Key claims
- GrapheneOS's Downloads app and Contacts app phone home to Google domains despite privacy claims.
- Graphene OS is not fully degoogled; it leaks user IP addresses and request timestamps to Google via CT logs.
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- /g/109138848 ↗ live · archive alarmed breaking 110 replies Graphene OS is not fully degoogled; it leaks user IP addresses and request timestamps to Google via CT logs.
- /g/109124136 ↗ live · archive alarmed breaking 148 replies GrapheneOS's Downloads app and Contacts app phone home to Google domains despite privacy claims.
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