• username
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    3829 days ago

    Exactly, as you already explained in detail this is primarily for security.

    GrapheneOS has a feature to set a time after which the phone reboots in case there was no unlock. So in case a bad actor gets your phone they only have that time with a running system after the first unlock. However, if you use it normally, and unlock it in regular intervals it does not auto-reboot. This is especially neat if your threat level is not “investigative journalist” or “political activist on the run”, because then you can set the time to a longer interval and the phone does not reboot every night when you are asleep which also leads to the SIM card being locked and nobody being able to call you…

    • @henfredemars
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      1529 days ago

      I remember this feature, and I wish it was a standard Android feature. It sounds like it would be trivial to implement and could be completely optional.

        • @henfredemars
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          329 days ago

          I don’t think applications can reboot the phone.

          • TonyOstrich
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            1129 days ago

            Technically they can…but it requires root which within the context of this conversation yeah, you’re right, lol