@prism @Twakyr

It would be great if we had a fine-grained access control mechanism where the user could specify that AccA may write to anything in /sys/class/power\_supply and AdAway may write to /etc/hosts, but neither can access any *other* system files. Apps that use root almost always need a fairly narrow set of elevated privileges.

Android already has everything it needs to support that under the hood with SELinux. A UI for it would allow users full control of their devices with a reduced attack surface area.

@tubaruco It’s from these installation instructions, which say “it might error, but that’s fine”. Usually error messages mean it’s not fine, so I found it fairly amusing.

https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/sunfish/install/#installing-lineageos-from-recovery

@squid_slime I just thought it was funny. I guess I’m the only one.

@nodsocket I’ve used it. Organic Maps as well.They’re great apps and I really appreciate their ability to work entirely offline.

They don’t have real-time traffic information, road hazards, and speed traps. It’s nice having an option that does without being from FAANG.

@vittoria666 That’s surprising since it does report feature availability in the USA and Canada. It doesn’t seem to have a regional restriction on Google Play so maybe there’s a delay on Apple’s side.

I hope American iOS users won’t have to wait until the EU forces Apple to allow sideloading.

@gelberhut I have yet to give it a rigorous test. Every navigation tool I’ve used heavily has had a few bad drives so I wouldn’t dismiss it based on such a small sample.