Show HN: GrapheneOS Dumbphone

Category: devtools

Tags: grapheneos, dumbphone, privacy, android, user-profiles

Score: 6.5/10 (Innovation: 7, Technical: 4, Documentation: 8, Utility: 7)

Odysseus is a minimal Android app that sets up a restricted secondary user profile on GrapheneOS, effectively turning the phone into a dumbphone by removing the browser and preventing app installs. It leverages Android's device owner and user profile features to enforce restrictions that are hard to bypass, requiring the owner password to make changes. The project is tiny, permissionless, and privacy-focused.

Target audience: privacy-conscious users, GrapheneOS users, minimalists, digital detoxers

Repository: https://github.com/flourish-today/Odysseus · Kotlin · CC0-1.0 · 3 stars

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