Post #621612

2025-11-24 15:33 UTC

@GrapheneOS is being threatened by French authorities for refusing to add backdoors and they&#39;re dealing with coordinated attacks in French media right now. They&#39;re pulling out of France entirely, moving all their servers, and fighting off a wave of bullshit one-sided reporting that makes them look like they&#39;re helping criminals. They need us to fight back. Support them however you can, whether that&#39;s a dollar, sharing their story, pushing back on the garbage news coverage when you see it, or just telling someone you know about what&#39;s happening. All of it matters because they&#39;re drowning in attacks from governments and media and bad actors who want them gone. This is the only Android OS that actually makes me feel like privacy isn&#39;t just marketing. They fight for us now they need us to fight for them. The EU is pushing Chat Control and creating an environment where governments feel empowered to threaten developers into compliance, and if we stay quiet we&#39;re letting it happen. Show up for them in whatever way you&#39;re able to. #grapheneos #Privacy #NoBackdoors #encryption #security #chatControl

Replies (19)

@snowyfox@deadinsi.de 2025-11-24 15:36

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@99bdc@mastodon.social 2025-11-24 15:42

@watchfulcitizen @GrapheneOS Don(at)e(d)!

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@ejner1@toot.community 2025-11-24 15:43

@watchfulcitizen @GrapheneOS What about stock Android - does Google provide backdoor for french authorities there?!

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@dbat@mastodon.gamedev.place 2025-11-24 16:02

@watchfulcitizen @GrapheneOS France is hypocritical. They deal with Russia via radioactive waste and they fuck with freedom but they also want to be the hero. Edited to remove an unintended slur.

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@foodeliminator@mastodon.social 2025-11-24 16:17

@watchfulcitizen @GrapheneOS No surprises here

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@keddie@mastodon.pirati.cz 2025-11-24 16:26

@watchfulcitizen @GrapheneOS shame on France

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@quincy@chaos.social 2025-11-24 16:37

@watchfulcitizen @GrapheneOS OMG, this is appalling. #WarOnPrivacy

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@shadowabsorber@tech.lgbt 2025-11-24 16:38

@watchfulcitizen here is hoping that our fight against this kinda bad actors actually makes the bad actors change course

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@Catalyst_A@infosec.exchange 2025-11-24 16:49

@watchfulcitizen @GrapheneOS me and the boys on our way to help Graphene in France.

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@Catalyst_A@infosec.exchange 2025-11-24 16:58

On another note, didn't the French government just get caught trying to assassinate an African leader?

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@bison@muenchen.social 2025-11-24 17:27

@watchfulcitizen @GrapheneOS what about #iodeos @iode and #murena @gael @e_mydata? Both are projects based in France, right?

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@corsac@mastodon.social 2025-11-24 17:29

@watchfulcitizen @GrapheneOS Can you share the source for the alleged threats and the refusal to add backdoors?

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@hermitcyclop@app.wafrn.net 2025-11-24 17:47

#France-having-a-normal-one

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@flossifatal598@mastodon.social 2025-11-24 17:59

@watchfulcitizen @GrapheneOS It is very important GrapheneOS ships pre-installed for its public perception. There is a massive difference in public perception between: - I typed obscure command lines to unlock my phone and install an unofficial custom OS vs. - I went to Fnac and bought this phone Once GrapheneOS has OEM contracts and can be bought like any other brand, this will help a lot countering the smearing propaganda

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@vmaurin@mamot.fr 2025-11-24 18:03

@watchfulcitizen @GrapheneOS Probably something for @codegouvfr

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@synapsenkitzler@digitalcourage.social 2025-11-24 18:13

Hilfe @kuketzblog #grapheneos

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@adamsaidsomething@mastodon.social 2025-11-24 21:23

@watchfulcitizen Graphene is pointing the finger at several other named and unnamed custom O.S. projects or competitors for coordinating a smear campaign against them tho it seems their just speculating atm. What do y'all think is going on here, is there a sketchy competitor to blame?

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@hallunke23@troet.cafe 2025-11-25 10:56

This is not good. But it also isn't exactly new. I recall that there was a time when France banned any and all crypto which caused Microsoft to issue a French version of Internet EXplorer that redirected all HTTPS to HTTP. It doesn't surprise me that the French are now reviving this nonsense. @watchfulcitizen @GrapheneOS

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@issotm@social.treehouse.systems 2025-11-25 11:00

@watchfulcitizen @GrapheneOS Certified baguette here; I just checked, because I was really surprised that this was happening, and it looks like it's right-wing leaning journals that are doing this... So I'd chalk this up to the usual fearmongering, and not something widespread (e.g. Le Monde hasn't written anything about it, and they're IMO far more grounded and diligent). Here's an article on a (small) French tech site, noting the altercation before pointing out that @GrapheneOS went on conspiratory-like afterwards... I side with the final paragraph, stating more or less that we're all trying our best, and bashing each other's gonna lead somewhere. https://linuxfr.org/users/hellpe/journaux/le-parisien-qualifie-grapheneos-de-botte-secrete-des-narcotrafiquants-les-devs-n-apprecient-pas "*Le Parisien* calls GrapheneOS a secret trump card for drug dealers, devs are miffed" PS: I happen to type this from a iodéOS phone, because I decided to buy a Fairphone out of ethical reasons, and thus GrapheneOS was a non-starter. Consider that this kind of reasoning might be at play for why they're receiving government funding and not you, not just conspiracies?

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