bromite VS calyxos

If you're fine using one of the Firefox variants, ublock origin should be available. Bromite also has an integrated ad blocker. I think Bromite and Vanadium teams interact with each other a decent amount and contribute to each others projects if I understand correctly.

Bromite

Go to bromite.org and scroll down to the bottom you will see a download bromite button just click on it. Or you can go to their GitHub page https://github.com/bromite/bromite, then go to the releases page and download the latest apk.

Almost All Chrome based Browsers LikeKiwi Browser and [bromite]https://github.com/bromite/bromite)

have you tried Bromite?

Kiwi browser supports extension, yeah, but check "data safety" for it in play store. I never used it just because of this. Currently using Bromite https://github.com/bromite/bromite

Install Bromite, it has adblock built-in: https://www.bromite.org/

Some realistic things that people can do without affecting their online usage: - Use temporary emails if you don't want to give your real email to a website, but must enter one to access the page/asset. - Use email alias services like SimpleLogin, or Firefox Relay to create email alias for your social media/other accounts. - Don't use voice/video chat features on your browser? Disable WebRTC, it is known to leak your IP address, or use a VPN if you must. But don't use a VPN if you don't need one. - On your router, block access to Google's DNS (some apps will use DoH to connect to their DNS), and change your primary DNS to Quad9, or AdGuard. Or configure NextDNS for your own use case. If you don't have blocking feature on your router, you should be able to use routing rules to forward any traffic to Google's DNS to 0.0.0.0. - If you need extra blocking features, look at RethinkDNS app/website to configure your own block lists. - Use Firefox and configure the security/privacy policies as you need. If you don't want that, use Ungoogled Chromium. If you want to use Firefox, but don't know how to secure it any further than what's enabled by default, use LibreWolf. - Use Bromite on Android instead of Chrome. Bromite offers some blocking capabilities, which Chrome doesn't. You can also use Firefox and install uBlock Origin. - Whenever you install a new app, don't just give access to everything it asks for without considering if the app really needs that access. For instance, if you install a game, but you know that you won't be using voice features, don't give it access to your microphone. It may sound trivial, but some apps ask for contacts, sms, storage, internet, camera, etc. even if they shouldn't be accessing any of those. - Disable background data usage for non-critical apps. - Search and use debloating guides specific for your Android manufacturer and Windows to disable unnecessary apps. - Don't use free VPN apps unless it is a well known player in the field, like AdGuard, Proton etc. - Before install any app using APK source, always scan it online using virustotal.

Browsers: - Firefox ή - Brave ή - Bromite (chromium fork) https://github.com/bromite/bromite/releases

Issue on GitLab

As somehow suggested by the GitLab issue, a workaround is to install applications from Aurora Store. I confirm that for me, it works with KDE Connect. But not for Gadgetbridge as it is not available on the Play Store :-/

It seems to be a security feature of Android 13, as reported here, but it shouldn't happen in this case. I would suggest opening a GitLab issue.

> Perhaps more importantly, I see no mention of any facility for network monitoring.

They intend to build a comprehensive netmon: https://gitlab.com/CalyxOS/calyxos/-/issues/349

Right now, they've got an ebpf-based firewall: https://calyxos.org/docs/tech/datura-details/

CalyxOS developers don't use proprietary software like GitHub (unlike GrapheneOS developers), all development is done on self-hosted Gerrit (where you can see plenty of activity) and issue tracking is done on GitLab.

Can't use another VPN app along with it (an Android limitation). CalyxOS (an AOSP ROM) plans to add support for multiple active VPNs [0] and may be other ROMs will too.

The app can forward TCP over SOCKS5 to other apps on the device that support SOCKS5 (apps like Orbot).

That said, since half our code-base is in Golang, we plan to embed wireguard-go once we figure how to do so [1].

[0] https://gitlab.com/CalyxOS/calyxos/-/issues/349

[1] https://github.com/celzero/rethink-app/issues/52

check out the changelog - it's pretty extensive.