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@khird
Hmm.

How much of an advantage is that over what I have now by just uninstalling Google Play Services?

@realcaseyrollins

So it has a couple security advantages. It has a feature called PrivacyGuard (Permissions Hub in 17.1) which helps with those apps that request full permissions and the kitchen sink by allowing you to run them without granting everything they want. Sometimes school or work requires you to install something that wants full disk and network access for no good reason, and it's nice to have measures to prevent it from just sending a copy of all your stuff to the app's author.

Second, it doesn't come with all the google stuff baked in, which reduces the attack surface considerably. You install only what you want, which means that the other apps aren't even running on your phone and so they can't be compromised, even if an exploit is discovered.

Incidentally, I don't recommend haring off into more obscure ROMs, especially at the outset. Aside from thoroughly-reviewed, secure code, you'll benefit from a much larger community to go to if you have trouble - you lose all ability to contact the manufacturer for support, and this helps fill that gap.

I think my bunny is a kangaroo (I said noooo because she was trying to hump my hand and then aaaa because she bit me 😤, also what the heck, my hand looks huge)

Potentially NSFW 

Fox News boasting about their hosts being entertaining to mean that they were the only ones genuinely excited for the scriptures' reliability:

For supporting ? I think?

I've had run-ins with the Fake Avengers before, but I guess they forgot to block my main, too!

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