Daniel Micay / strcat / strncat / thestinger / GrapheneOS - Schizo software programmer and developer of GrapheneOS Android ROM. Starts drama with everyone and accuses them of harassment. Chronic brigader and bridge burner.

[Gatdam Animal Person]

I was thinking of using/installing graphene on my pixel 7. However Daniels insane rants about made up harassment and weird hatred towards Luis gives me pause and I probably won't.

Is cyanogen still a OS I can use?

I believe CyanogenMod is discontinued and has been superseded by LineageOS. CalyxOS would be more in line with what you need.

 

[YourFellowMeanie]

Is cyanogen still a OS I can use?

Cyanogen is defuct, with LineageOS being the successor. I have also heard CalyxOS and DivestOS are pretty good.

 

[Markass the Worst]

Over on Mastodon, the GrapheneOS account claims that they're trying to get the swatting call audio and the police reports, implying they've been trying all this time since said alleged attack in April (does anyone know if Toronto Police Services usually takes so long to respond to requests like this?)

So I decided to look into this. Here's what TPS have to say on their official site.
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I'd say swatting counts as threatening/harassment if not assault. So Daniel should have at least published a Confirmation Letter by now (it only takes 10 business days to get), if not a full MFIPPA report. Yet to my knowledge he hasn't ever provided anything besides his own word...

 

[AirdropShitposts]

So you didn't even consider that the police are in on it and working with Louis Rossman?

 

[Maniel Dicay]

I was thinking of using/installing graphene on my pixel 7. However Daniels insane rants about made up harassment and weird hatred towards Luis gives me pause and I probably won't.

I mentioned this before, but IMO, spergs like Daniel would give their life in order to maintain the code integrity of the project they are working on. And with it being open source, there is effectively no way for it to be tampered with.
However, it is entirely reasonable that regular, normal people like you and me would see these sperg-outs on the same level or even worse than if the code itself had actually been compromised. I don't blame you for not having trust in the project considering the absolute tard of a person running it.
GrapheneOS, aside from the tantrums, legitimately offers the best privacy out of the other operating systems out there in my opinion, but it is difficult to separate the program from the programmer even for me.

 

[ᚠᚢᚦᚩᚱᚳ]

I remember when CopperheadOS dropped support for my first and last Android phone the same day it arrived... Always heard whispers that Daniel was off, never really cared. Same thing with Jacob Appelbaum until I hung out with a victim and learned that his main offense was drunkenly begging crypto thots for threesomes. It's possibly worth looking into the OpenBSD mailing lists because Daniel's main contribution was porting OBSD malloc to Android.

 

[Unknown Recipient #12]

I mentioned this before, but IMO, spergs like Daniel would give their life in order to maintain the code integrity of the project they are working on. And with it being open source, there is effectively no way for it to be tampered with.
However, it is entirely reasonable that regular, normal people like you and me would see these sperg-outs on the same level or even worse than if the code itself had actually been compromised. I don't blame you for not having trust in the project considering the absolute tard of a person running it.
GrapheneOS, aside from the tantrums, legitimately offers the best privacy out of the other operating systems out there in my opinion, but it is difficult to separate the program from the programmer even for me.

The issue is that it's difficult to trust someone who is obviously extremely petty and volatile. I'm sure Daniel values the integrity of this project very much, but does he value it more than the grudges he holds?

Two problems imo:

1 - Trust. Louis Rossman said that he can no longer use GrapheneOS with a peace of mind because the guy running the whole thing hates him specifically. I think this is understandable. Sure, the code is open source, but Daniel is obviously a very tech-savvy person. As someone who isn't an expert in software, my baseline assumption is that someone like him could find *some* way to mess with me if he truly wanted to. Nothing is unhackable, and even experts can miss another expert sneaking malicious stuff past their checks and controls. Even if he got caught tampering with the code or some of the network calls made to the GrapheneOS servers, who's to say it wouldn't be too late?

2 - It's just unprofessional. I don't want to sound old or huffy, but it simply doesn't inspire confidence in the longevity and integrity of the project when your lead developer is having BPD teenage schoolgirl meltdowns every single day. This is a software project used by the world's most wanted. Analyzed for weakness by the biggest intelligence agencies on Earth. Your head guy is on twitter screaming about the pigeons in his yard gangstalking him and if you don't take his side then you're not truly ride or die. Come on.

 

[ᚠᚢᚦᚩᚱᚳ]

The issue is that it's difficult to trust someone who is obviously extremely petty and volatile. I'm sure Daniel values the integrity of this project very much, but does he value it more than the grudges he holds?

Not to mention, the main threat model of a smartphone isn't that you necessarily need a hardened memory allocator, not when social media apps are constantly logging everything about your device. Though I will say that some features like automatic MAC randomization are awesome and shouldn't be overlooked.

In my opinion, relying on something like GrapheneOS to provide cybersecurity for you, is the same as "use Signal, use Tor." It doesn't matter that much if the messages are E2E encrypted if the chat logs are saved forever by default and a court can compel access, assuming you have compromising discussions with someone who's not on the same level of understanding.

Starting from a secure base like GrapheneOS is totally fine (except in this case the core developer is a schizo), but I'm personally much more concerned with control over where my data ultimately goes. I've long since abandoned the Android ROM scene and now use an iPhone on the beta release channel with a custom Apple Configurator profile that disables iCloud, Siri, predictive keyboard, etc.; a strict "one page of apps" policy, preventing a proliferation of social media apps phoning home; and hosting all essential services like email, calendar, contacts, etc., on servers that I configure and maintain myself.

There are always compromises, e.g., I use things like Slack and Google Voice, but in general, I avoid outsourcing my security to random fuckups on the internet who get doxxed on Kiwi Farms. I don't care if he knows C, he obviously doesn't know HolyC, and more importantly he doesn't know how to protect his own information in state filings, an extremely adversarial environment where every piece of paper they touch is instantly archived forever.

 

[Markass the Worst]

more importantly he doesn't know how to protect his own information in state filings, an extremely adversarial environment where every piece of paper they touch is instantly archived forever.

To be fair, his defense is that his address was already leaked by a "former business partner" (possibly referring to James Donaldson of Copperhead?) and so he might as well use it in state filings since it's known anyway.

Only two problems, first that reasoning is retarded even if the business partner stuff is true. Second I couldn't even find where his former business partner published his address, so for all I know it was already deleted and the only reason his address is still public is because he used it in state filings.

 

[ᚠᚢᚦᚩᚱᚳ]

To be fair, his defense is that his address was already leaked by a "former business partner" (possibly referring to James Donaldson of Copperhead?) and so he might as well use it in state filings since it's known anyway.

I guess that's possibly true, but in that situation, the only option is to move, which sucks. The minute your home address is disclosed, you must move. A lot of these crypto nerds have no idea about IRL opsec. Their messages are E2E encrypted so who cares about PO boxes?

One of my favorite books is How to be Invisible. The author is a boomer so you can safely skip the chapters about the internet, but his wisdom on IRL opsec is sound. If your name, home address, and DoB are correlated, it's game over. The wisdom in this book is valuable specifically because it deals with the government, which is stuck in the 20th century. If you've ever used an LLC before, you know what I'm talking about.

The more holistic approach to opsec considers legacy factors like the government, not simply the tools you use online. I try to minimize my online footprint without being an anomaly, e.g., I have an empty Facebook profile with the single published picture of me, sure. But I don't sperg about my politics or provide too much marketable data, despite buying shit on Amazon.

The point is to blend in as a normie while minimizing the total quantity of information available about you. Everyone has a set of profiles, like it or not. What you can control is where your public information ultimately resolves: ideally something easy to change that's loosely tied to your real identity, like a VoIP number or a PO box registered to an old address with expired documents.

None of this has anything to do with what Android ROM you install, and the Android ROM has nothing to do with the shitware you install on top of it. Especially if your DoB is on Facebook. Sorry to rant at you, I obviously don't mean "you personally."

 

[AirdropShitposts]

Many of these faggots want to be famous more than they want to be secure let alone really private. "I'm an activist to change society!" yells the privacy advocate from every single one of his accounts.

 

[teriyakiburns]

Only two problems, first that reasoning is retarded even if the business partner stuff is true. Second I couldn't even find where his former business partner published his address, so for all I know it was already deleted and the only reason his address is still public is because he used it in state filings.

It's almost certainly a lie, or something that micay did to himself. He probably published something with his address on from the copperhead guy, then tried to blame him for sending it.

 

[Markass the Worst]

LOL?!

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For reference, the MSRP of a Google Pixel 8 is $699 USD or $949 CAD. Why are they using Amazon gift cards? If I was Amazon I would be suspicious too, if not just because they could be being scammed.

In less funny news, GrapheneOS and Daniel Micay hate YouTube and refuse to report security vulnerabilities to Google. (Thank you to whoever archived this before I did!)

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Blames the alleged swattings and alleged CSAM/gore raids on Techlore and Louis Rossmann when they have literally nothing to do with them:

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Brand new allegation: An enemy of GrapheneOS allegedly gave a talk at Google, so of course Google is definitely bad for that alone. Who is it? He says "project which overly plagiarizes work from GrapheneOS" which makes me thinks it's James Donaldson from CopperheadOS. I can't find any record of this talk on a cursory search. (He says in the other toot that it was a private talk, but then how does he know details like that GrapheneOS was brought up at the talk?)

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Also, Daniel Micay seethes that he couldn't just get Techlore and Louis Rossmann banned from YouTube like he got Techlore banned from Twitter:

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[306h4Ge5eJUJ]

Why are they using Amazon gift cards?

Could be an attempt at anonymously getting money? I'm not completely sure how Amazon gift cards work, but there's a reason why Indian scammers go the gift card route.

In less funny news, GrapheneOS and Daniel Micay hate YouTube and refuse to report security vulnerabilities to Google. (Thank you to whoever archived this before I did!)

Way to make yourself unpopular among your biggest upstreams, retard. Also among your users really, because who's going to trust a developer that keeps security issues unfixed for schizo reasons?

 

[Spunt]

In less funny news, GrapheneOS and Daniel Micay hate YouTube and refuse to report security vulnerabilities to Google. (Thank you to whoever archived this before I did!)

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Way to make yourself unpopular among your biggest upstreams, retard. Also among your users really, because who's going to trust a developer that keeps security issues unfixed for schizo reasons?

That was my immediate thought as well. This schizo is allowing his paranoid grudges to compromise his professionalism. Especially as a non-coder who has to take the integrity of what I install on my devices on trust, this is a big problem. Even if the open-source nature of the OS makes it hard (but maybe not impossible) for him to sneak malware into the product to attack his enemies, this is the kind of person who could shut down or otherwise sabotage the entire project because the squirrels in his head told him to. I don't want to have to change OS just because some nutcase thinks a Youtuber is stalking him. I'll just go elsewhere in the first place.

 

[AirdropShitposts]

I mean, I'm sure Google would really want to know and see all the evidence about how terrible someone they're apparently working with is. Surely, this isn't a complaint that they aren't acting just on the ravings of a mad man.

 

[Markass the Worst]

Today the GrapheneOS account continues Daniel Micay's grudge against Calyx and Gael Duval. (Gael Duval is the founder of /e/OS, a different custom Android ROM.)

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How did Gael Duval participate in this "extreme harassment campaign" that includes "doxxing and swatting"? Simple.

Last year, as a direct consequence of Daniel Micay's sperging against Bromite (covered in the OP), someone rediscovered the issue he made on AOSPAlliance/android-prepare-vendor demanding that Calyx remove the code, or else (also covered in the OP):

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The Graphene account did not like this, so they made a response thread--and tagged everyone who liked the tweet.

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One of these was Gael Duval. This would be benign (if autistic), but Daniel Micay then sperged out in his DMs and blocked him. Duval also says that before this, he was sent legal threats just because /e/OS Foundation supported microG (made by Calyx).

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So now GrapheneOS accuses him of "spreading libel and misinformation" and calls him an "abusive scammer" who supports other "abusive scammers" and "knowingly spreads fabricated stories" to benefit himself.

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The feeling is mutual, if only because Gael Duval doesn't want to deal with an insane raving lunatic accusing him of harassment and doxing.

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GrapheneOS claims that Duval was the one who started the grudge, and says it was from "individuals not associated with our project"; takes this tweet as participating in an "ongoing libel and harassment campaign" towards Daniel Micay and an "unprovoked attack".

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Reminder that this all started over him clicking the "Like"/"Retweet" button on one tweet. You better not even like or retweet Graphene/Micay criticism unless you want to be (accused of) participating in a harassment and doxing campaign, shitlord.

In conclusion, that's another bridge burned by Daniel Micay.

EDIT: More sperging while I was writing. He keeps sperging faster than I can write a post about it.

Claims that the poorly-worded announcement of Micay's step down were being misinterpreted by people who participated in the "harassment".

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Sperging about Louis Rossmann, Techlore and Kiwi Farms again, once again accuses them of being complicit in an alleged swatting they had literally nothing to do with.

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Predictably, this lunacy turned off the person he was responding to (@LivingInHM) from ever using GrapheneOS. It's almost like Daniel's intentionally driving away people from his project.

EDIT 2: Did Daniel take extra drugs today? This is the most amount of sperging I've seen from him in one day.

In a discussion about LineageOS (the Graphene account always likes to jump in to these reiterate how Graphene is better and Lineage is less secure), Graphene randomly accuses some guy named Chris Price of being "directly involved in harassment targeting our project members".

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As far as I can tell this is referring to previous interactions, Price describes them like so.

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If this is what GrapheneOS is referring to then I think it's safe to say that Daniel Micay legitimately keeps a list somewhere of every single person who has ever criticized him, ever. Or he obsessively namesearches. Or both. How else would he have known that Price wrote those tweets? They barely got any likes and a low amount of views.

Anyways, an appropriate response to an insane lunatic:

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[Unknown Recipient #12]

Over under on him trooning out? Programmer , mentally ill , narcissistic , vindictive , and a hatred for a website that just archives trannies' own words

He's definitely not there yet because he'd be throwing the word "transphobia" in with his regular shit fits

 

[clipartfan92]

EDIT 2: Did Daniel take extra drugs today? This is the most amount of sperging I've seen from him in one day.

I was thinking the same when scrolling through them earlier. He made 50+ posts yesterday which is more than I've seen in the last couple of months. Most of it is just info that he's repeated ad infinitum in past tweets.

 

[AirdropShitposts]

Damn, that "extreme libel and harassment and murder attempts" is terrible. Since the police refuse to act he should sue, while I don't know the specific ones it's pretty clear a tort of some kind. He's lucky he knows everyone by name so he can easily have them served!