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Class Presented by: Manchester Makerspace Member, John Robert
Over 99% of the world is either using an iPhone or a Google phone. They companies that provide these phones – and the most-used apps on them – know where we go, who we are with, what we are buying, when we visit the bathroom and who we’re going to vote for (among other things). Can we really trust that they have our best interests at heart? … Or, are we heading toward a dystopian future where our phones will enable a single totalitarian world government?
I don’t know about you, but I started to get concerned when they started to introduce phone-based vaccination passports and contact-tracing apps. And then the federal government started arresting people, based on location data from Google. And then they started freezing the bank accounts of the Canadian truckers. All of this got real – and quick!
In this class, you’ll kick Big Tech to the curb and create your very own cellphone with the Edward Snowden-endorsed GrapheneOS operating system. And we’ll show you to load apps that WILL NOT send data back to the Silicon Valley or anywhere else. No experience is necessary for this class but students must bring a phone on this list … as well as the charging/data cable it came with … and your favorite laptop (although we do have a computer for you to use, if you need one).
You will need to have one of the following phones to participate in this class we will not provide a device! They all can be bought on eBay from $100 to $600. The process of installing the OS will require the device to be totally wiped all information on the device will be deleted.
https://grapheneos.org/faq#supported-devices
GrapheneOS has official production support for the following devices:
- Pixel 6a (bluejay)
- Pixel 6 Pro (raven)
- Pixel 6 (oriole)
- Pixel 5a (barbet)
- Pixel 5 (redfin)
- Pixel 4a (5G) (bramble)
- Pixel 4a (sunfish)
- Pixel 4 XL (coral)
- Pixel 4 (flame)
The following devices are end-of-life, no longer receive full security updates and are supported via extended support releases of GrapheneOS:
- Pixel 3a XL (bonito)
- Pixel 3a (sargo)
- Pixel 3 XL (crosshatch)
- Pixel 3 (blueline)
MANCHESTER MAKERSPACE MEMBERS CHECK SLACK FOR A DISCOUNT PROMO CODE
There are always risks with loading third party OS on devices. The Manchester Makerspace takes no responsibility for any of your data or your device. By signing up for this class you understand this.
Note: This is a two-session class. The second class will be held on June 27th (6-8 pm).
A minimum of 2 participants are required for us to hold this event or we will issue a refund.
This class will be taught by John Robert. He's been diving down many rabbit holes since the Covid pandemic and has been using GrapheneOS as his daily driver for the past couple of years.
