Just installed GOS on my phone, really like it. I want to know how GOS users setup their profiles to learn from them. So far, i found out the followings:

  1. everything in Owner

  2. leave Owner blank. Put everything in another profile names User.

  3. leave Owner blank. Put all Google stuff in user Google. Put all FOSS app in FOSS user. Put all bank stuff under Sensitive user.

  4. use Owner as an app repo. So install Google Play, Acrescent, Fdroid. Install apps from there, but dont use them. Instead, when create new user, push those apps from Owner. This is similar to Side of Burritos on Youtube.

anything different?

  • grue@lemmy.world
    22·
    2 months ago

    Everything in owner because I don’t understand the implications well enough to do otherwise (so thanks for the thread).

  • comrade_twisty@feddit.org
    9·
    2 months ago

    I have 7 profiles

    1. owner - network setup and app management (mullvad vpn)
    2. Daily - no google services and 95% of my daily usage app (always on VPN to my home)
    3. GPS - navigation and other apps that need location services (mullvad vpn)
    4. PS-USA - playstore account and google services with USA identity (fake of course), (US residential VPN for sports streaming)
    5. PS-CH - playstore account switzerland and google play services, my banking stuff lives here (residential vpn CH)
    6. PS-DE - playstore account germany and google play services (mullvad vpn) - used for apps not available in US and CH when traveling through Germany
    7. NOVPN - this account only has vanadium and connectbot (ssh) for network diagnostics in case I have issues with a wifi or something. My only account without always on VPN
    • mazzilius_marsti@lemmy.worldOP
      3·
      2 months ago

      hmm i really like the idea of navigation apps with location service in 1 profile. So you just dont listen/stream music while driving? Because thats another app right?

      Also thats a lot of vpns lol.

      • comrade_twisty@feddit.org
        3·
        2 months ago

        I usually listen to radio while driving, I am kinda old school there.

        Also, I think having some commercial service like Spotify or TuneIn track my taste in music, radio stations or podcasts is an invasion of my privacy. I actually selfhost an internet radio service if you wanna call it that by running a DVB-C tuner on my homeserver that grabs my favorite channels from my cable provider and streams them to my phone on demand if I wanna listen to radio on the go.

  • zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    7·
    2 months ago

    This thread is illuminating and makes my GOS use feel very pedestrian. I just use a single profile, I keep everything off my default and only enable what I need when I need it (GPS for instance which is rare) and then disable again, and I have no accounts logged in to anything on my phone.

  • kylian0087@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    6·
    2 months ago

    Got 7 profiles actually.

    1. is the owner of course.
    2. Then I have my main profile.
    3. A untrusted profile. Shady apps cracked apps etc. This profile also is not allowed to run in the background.
    4. Then my finance profile. Has my banking apps and such.
    5. A testing profile. Used to test backups of grapheneos and such.
    6. A work profile. Dont need that to run in the background either. But is useful to stay in touch over the weekends.
    7. And a private profile.
  • RodgeGrabTheCat 🇨🇦🏴‍☠️@sh.itjust.works
    3·
    2 months ago

    One profile on a 6a. If I had a Google account, I would likely have a second profile.

    Most apps come from Github through Obtainium, I also use F-Droid, and a few get updated from Aurora Store.

    I noticed a month ago that some apps aren’t being updated in Accrescent - Fdroid had a more up-to-date version for a few apps. I heard they have a funding issue which is probably why. Just something to be aware of.

    The apps I have on board, that aren’t privacy respecting, either have their network access blocked or are disabled until I need them. These are Amazon Shopping, Roamless (data esim), and Sound Connect (Sony BT headphones).

    No Google account but I do run Sandboxed Google Play for the notifications. Only two apps use the notifications through SGP - Signal and Protonmail but of which have taken steps to conceal the contents of the message from Google.

    I have a Duress pin set. If being brute forced, the pin I set will likely be entered before my real pin and wipe the phone.

    I mostly use a fingerprint for unlock so no one can see my pin while in public spaces. I also avoid unlocking if anyone is too close to me.

    Phone stays in airplane mode most of the time to avoid cell tower triangulation. Using a voip phone service makes it possible to make and receive phone calls without cell towers being involved. My voip provider is very kyc but I do plan on switching to JMPChat soon.

    Reboot is set for 8 hours.

    If I disable the microphone I can never enable it quick enough to answer an incoming call so don’t turn it off system-wide but do deny for apps that don’t need it.

    Disabling the camera permission system-wide has forced me to wait a very long time, after enabling the permission, before I can take a photo. I leave this permission on and just deny for apps that don’t need it.

    I typically connect to public and home wifi so I leave this on.

    My headphones are bluetooth (I can’t stand using a cable) so BT stays on.

    Global PS is an incoming signal so I leave this on. GOS is transmitting a ton of data to Google so I don’t see the risk. Doesn’t seem to drain much power. Only really needed for my map app.

  • aprehendedmerlin@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    3·
    2 months ago

    I saw that side of Burritos video it was overkill for me I have 3 profiles 1.owner: most of the apps I use are here (but no sandboxed Google play) these apps are 95% FOSS some are not but I needed them to be easily accessible 2. Financial profile: all banking and other financial stuff are here this profile also has sandboxed Google play so all of these apps are installed through Google play and updated easily 3. Dumb big tech profile: the stupid and time consuming proprietary social media and messaging and meta apps that I might need every once in a while are here this profile also has sandboxed Google play. That’s it hope it was helpful.

  • sudoer777@lemmy.mlEnglish
    2·
    2 months ago

    I have all of my open source apps in my main profile, a Shelter profile for proprietary apps (which I hardly use nowadays), a user profile for apps required for my university, and another user profile for apps required for a certain gig I’ve been involved with

  • e8d79@discuss.tchncs.de
    2·
    2 months ago

    I installed Shelter into the owner profile to enable the work profile. All the googly stuff gets installed in that work profile. I only unpause the work profile when I need a specific app and pause it again when I am done. Open source and apps that do not require play services are allowed to run directly in my owner profile.

  • MidsizedSedan@lemmy.world
    2·
    2 months ago

    Owner has everything as open source/de-googled as possible. User 2 has YouTube/twitch for my video game communities. User 3 is work mode with pretty much Outlook for work. (And apps that work wants)

    Users 2 and 3 have play services enabled just to reduse headaches in the future

  • Gravitywell.xYz@sh.itjust.works
    2·
    2 months ago

    Owner profile for main use, shelter w play services for apps that need them.

    I also keep a Duress pin enabled which i have written down inside the phones case, so if Anyone “finds” my phone and tries to unlock it they will just end up wiping it.

  • upstroke4448@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    2·
    2 months ago

    I do…

    Owner - these are the apps I daily drive.

    Work - all work stuff lives here.

    Google - apps that require the playstore.

    I thought about using my owner profile as a hub for app stores and then a 2nd profile as my main profile but I found the 2nd profiles a bit unreliable in terms of receiving calls and texts.

  • sic_semper_tyrannis@lemmy.todayEnglish
    2·
    2 months ago

    One profile. No Google sandbox stuff. All open source programs.

    On my work Pixel tablet I have a home profile as owner with Aurora store just to be able to load it on the other profile. Then a secondary “work” profile with all the bloat

  • SorryImLate@piefed.socialEnglish
    2·
    2 months ago

    Currently everything in owner, with banking apps in my private space.

    I was tempted by the idea of owner as an app repo but the private space is only available in the owner profile.

    Someone else in this thread mentioned they were using another device for their app repo and sideloading from there. That’s an intriguing idea for keeping even sandboxed Google off my owner profile. An idea for the future maybe.