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.

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This is the most retarded part, because you cannot do that on an unrooted phone. If your file manager app does not have root permission it cannot access the protected files of other apps. The entire idea behind rooting is to have that access so that badly designed apps, or apps that specifically block external access to their data, can be backed up. Unless they implement that magical app Daniel is announcing for two years, that has root access provided at the system level, it will not back everything up. And even if they do, having only the blessed official GrapheneOS app be the one with root access is the anti-user Apple school of design.

Ironically, it also would be a serious attack vector, because whatever way the GrapheneOS devs will come up with to implement that, it will be a hack that can be abused by a rootkit.
 
And even if they do, having only the blessed official GrapheneOS app be the one with root access is the anti-user Apple school of design.
Ironically, it also would be a serious attack vector, because whatever way the GrapheneOS devs will come up with to implement that, it will be a hack that can be abused by a rootkit.

Right. And their extended community (of "security experts") all publish literature supporting the idea that you have to choose between having security and having root-of-trust (i.e. access to your own data). However, they are correct about the issues with PinePhone, FairPhone, Librem, etc... I just hope GrapheneOS isn't an intelligence honeypot, but that is the only option that fits all of the strange events and circumstances so far (in my view, of course). If only we could just convert our hard-earned capital into a non-spy communication device!
 
So there's an account on Twitter named @Graphene0S (with a zero) and it appears to be the account Daniel Micay now uses to continue his Internet Tough Guy antics. My speculation is that he realized that doing it on the official GrapheneOS account was a bad look for the project.

The latest spergout was a slapfight with somebody who linked Louis' GrapheneOS video on Twitter again and includes more of Daniel Micay's baseless conspiracy theories about Louis Rossmann, Kiwi Farms, and him being friends with me and that being why I created this thread.

For the last time, I am not friends with Louis Rossmann and he had no say in what I write in my OP. I don't know how to prove a negative but trust me, if all of my accounts and DMs got leaked tomorrow you would see that I have never talked to him in any private capacity. So I have no idea where he got this really laughable idea that Rossmann coordinated with me on this thread or something.

(For future reference: In this thread, Daniel now claims Graphene has a dozen developers.)
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FWIW, I agree with this. I try not to tell people what to use but there's genuinely nothing bad with a personal decision to install GrapheneOS.

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We've never claimed that there was only one developer. If you read the OP, I talked about another GrapheneOS developer named anupritaisno1 (now goes by randomhydrosol) and I've also named flawedworld and wonderfall in this very thread. We just don't talk about them much because they aren't as insane as you are, Daniel, and you've always been the public face of the project 99% of the time.

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I'm not going to bother responding to everything about Rossmann because we've already gone over it a lot of it if you just read the thread. Suffice to say, anything Micay says about Rossmann here is incorrect even if I don't specifically respond to it.

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Actually, he's repeated claims in his Matrix room about how we are a den of harassment. (Sorry, too lazy to look for them atm.) I don't know where he "downplays" our "harassment".

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I agree. The "special treatment" is not being accused of attempted murder for no reason, because Daniel Micay has accused almost everybody of attempted murder.

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I contacted TPS and received enough confirmation that I'm comfortable to believe that at least one swatting really did happen. Still, Louis Rossmann had fucking nothing to do with the swatting, you schitzo.

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I love the "friends", plural. What friends? I'm the only one who wrote the OP and I didn't even credit any other Kiwi Farmers besides Rossmann (and that was just because I used his video).

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Once again I don't know how to prove a negative but I've never harassed anybody. Also Rossmann does not share our views, besides "fuck Apple" I guess. Funny that you're reading my posts, Daniel. For future reference, I've written threads on Not Just Bikes / urbanists, Aella, Sanctioned Suicide, you, Hector Martin, Drew DeVault, Patricia Taxxon and Eric Davis if you ever want to read more of my writing. Not to brag, but people like them!

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This claim that Louis Rossmann is transphobic is extremely fucking bizarre to me. He avoids literally anything related to trans retardation like the plague, there's no way this could be true in the slightest.

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Projection? Speak for yourself, schitzo.
I'm not going to brag or anything but I'm normal enough that if you knew me in real life you couldn't even tell I post on here, and that goes for a decent portion of this site's userbase.

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Daniel seems to be using a different archiving method now, possibly just screenshotting the posts and storing it in a hard drive next to his list of enemies. I didn't see any of the other person's tweets archived on archive.ph or ghostarchive before I got around to archiving them.

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Actually this is double retarded. Not only is the only proof of him continuing to use it clearly just him using it on a phone meant for demonstration purposes, but earlier in the video he says it's his coworker's phone.

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I dunno man, you seemed pretty upset over Rossmann's "This is informative and unfortunate" comment. The other things you were upset about in those emails don't make you look any better: Baseless conspiracy theories about how FUTO was supporting Kiwi Farms and how FUTO funding Calyx means they're funding harassment.

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My dude, you accused him of being responsible for a swatting that he played no part in and didn't even know about.

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LMAO.

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This claim that Louis Rossmann is transphobic is extremely fucking bizarre to me. He avoids literally anything related to trans retardation like the plague, there's no way this could be true in the slightest.

I think they don't want to dox themselves by being open about their politics and who they are - but it is hard not to notice how left leaning the political sentiment has been over the years in the GrapheneOS Matrix chat. Those who seem most accepted by the GrapheneOS inner circle would often post pro-gay, pro-LGBTQ, anti-Russian, etc - you know, the whole "we're in support of the new thing" mentality - and I saw people get banned for expressing any opposing sentiments because they're "harassing."
So the issue is that once you figure out how far left someone's political leanings are - and that their colleagues and friends are in alignment or at least scared to disagree - can any responsible user still continue to believe that this super secure OS isn't a tool for some aspect of their political activism? Why *wouldn't* they try to backdoor "hateful bigoted nazis" if they had the chance? It is totally in line with their focuses and modus operandi. They don't really seem to believe that everyone deserves the same amount of privacy or security.
 
I like when these dudes write all this shit about how people are trying to murder them and how it's the worst thing ever and then end with "but it won't stop me from doing fine and constantly winning."
In that sense, he does very much remind me of Patrick S. Tomlinson, if Fattie could run a fuzzer.
 
In that sense, he does very much remind me of Patrick S. Tomlinson, if Fattie could run a fuzzer.
"No stalker C code, you are not safe nor secure. You have inflicted countless illegal stalking attempts against my 20 personalities working on GrapheneOS. I have run a fuzzer and your process lifetime is already over. Enjoy segfaults, stalker C code."
 
Roundup of recent accusations of swatting, harassment and spreading misinformation made by Daniel Micay:

1. Privacy Guides

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2. Kicksecure

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3. Techlore

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Note: the person he was replying to did remove their tweet, see ghostarchive.

4. microG

Thanks to risen for finding this one. (a)
Context: Mozilla is retiring their Location Service, basically user-sourced geolocation data. Daniel Micay stepped in to talk about his plans for a GrapheneOS location service and how it's going to be protected from abuse. Ok, fine.

Marvin Wißfeld, developer of microG, politely disagrees with some of Micay's proposals. Guess what happens next?
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Worth noting that GrapheneOS community moderator matchboxbananasynergy reacted with "thumbs up" to this post (you can see in ghostarchive by hovering over it). Which to me proves that he believes every one of Daniel's ludicrous statements even if he won't comment on them.

Marvin rejects Daniel's accusation that he is a Nazi and is open to being provided proof of who swatted him and which Nazis contribute to his project.
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But Daniel doesn't provide any proof. He doesn't even name the developers who are supposedly harassing him. Instead, he doubles down and accuses him of having no issue with "harassment which financially benefits you and your project."
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Far as I can tell this is a brand new allegation that came from nowhere and is the first time Daniel Micay accused microG of swatting. I have no idea why he's upset. Perhaps it's that microG is used in CalyxOS (long-time enemy of GrapheneOS) or development of it is sponsored by /e/ Foundation (another enemy).

Either way, microG is now on the list of GrapheneOS enemies in the first post of this thread. Congrats!

5. Louis Rossmann​

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Note: he deleted these tweets a short time later (see ghostarchive).

6. The people who actually swatted him​

Just kidding, he hasn't done that. Not a single person named in this post has been proven to be guilty of any harassment on Daniel Micay, let alone swatting.
 
Daniel Micay has continued to sperg out in that Mozilla Location Services issue.

First, Daniel Micay advertises his own location service project by attacking microG for allegedly having "massive privacy/security flaws":
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Then somebody named LucasMZReal says he doesn't want to contribute to a project that undermines others.
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It turns out that Lucas is a CalyxOS contributor, according to his Github profile. (a) Since CalyxOS is an enemy of GrapheneOS, Daniel Micay writes this huge rant sperging out over how CalyxOS allegedly harasses GrapheneOS, plagiarises from GrapheneOS, helped with Techlore, spreads misinformation about GrapheneOS.
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At least when Marvin asks Daniel to elaborate on his accusation that microG leaks location data, he does. While continuing to accuse microG developers of "spreading misinformation about GrapheneOS" and "engaging in and encouraging harassment targeting our team / community members".
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He also puts Lucas on a list of people who won't be involved :story:
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Daniel Micay also attacks /e/ Foundation for allegedly not being a real non-profit, to which Gael Duval / leag1234 (a) responds by observing his paranoia and tendency to threaten to sue people.
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Meanwhile, it turns out the issue Daniel Micay pointed out with microG was fixed 4 years ago. This genuinely makes me reconsider Micay's technical arguments against competitor projects if he's going to be accusing them of issues that are already resolved.
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A mod chimes in to warn everybody (but we really know it's directed at Micay) to be professional.
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This doesn't work on Daniel. Immediately he accuses Gael Duval of "engaging in harassment", accuses him of "pushing fabricated claims about me", accuses /e/ Foundation of being "grifters", and name drops Kiwi Farms out of nowhere, saying "Engaging in Kiwi Farms style harassment targeting privacy and security researchers including at both DivestOS and GrapheneOS demonstrates who you are."
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By DivestOS I'm guessing that he's referring to my post observing how Tad Davanzo, developer of DivestOS, silently purged all the Wayback Machine history for divested.dev but I have no idea what Gael Duval has to do with that.

And that's the end of the spergout because Mozilla locked the thread, cutting off a fresh supply of lolmilk.
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Meanwhile, it turns out the issue Daniel Micay pointed out with microG was fixed 4 years ago. This genuinely makes me reconsider Micay's technical arguments against competitor projects if he's going to be accusing them of issues that are already resolved.

lol. lmao, even.

No stlaker, the bugfix is merely another of your delusions you need to tell yourself.
 
Watching Micay post all these schizo rants is even wilder for a bystander who does not know all this Android internals slang, it's so wild
It is wild. I still have the impression that the guy has real technical chops (from afar...I'm no expert in these areas). My stereotype of someone with untreated schizophrenia is that they aren't able to work at a high level but Micay is upending this stereotype for me...
 
It's hilarious that Micay is threatening legal action against CalyxOS and MicroG for "plagiarized" code. How exactly do you plagiarize something under the MIT license, which explicitly allows the right to copy without limitation. Also, how would he even prove damages when GrapheneOS is free?

Unrelated, but I wonder how long it will take Micay to start feuding with Naomi Brockwell. She has made videos praising GrapheneOS, but has also been very positive towards CalyxOS. So far, Micay has kept his mouth shut publicly. But as we know from his messages to verified poster Louis Rossmann , he could be sperging out privately while NB rolls her eyes and tries to figure out a way to distance herself.
 
It is wild. I still have the impression that the guy has real technical chops (from afar...I'm no expert in these areas). My stereotype of someone with untreated schizophrenia is that they aren't able to work at a high level but Micay is upending this stereotype for me...
From what I understand, there's often a period of decline between the initial appearance of symptoms and a full schizophrenic state. It can take several years to fully manifest, during which a person will appear competent, but will become more derange and paranoid, which maps with what we're seeing with Micay. He is unlikely to be doing much actual development work nowadays and is probably hollowing out the graphene project with his paranoid behaviour, which will be slowly driving away even his most ardent supporters. It'll collapse at some point, probably around the same time he has a complete breakdown and wanders off in to the desert to eat bugs and rant about the louis rossmans behind every kiwi bush.
 
Everyone keeps calling him schizophrenic, but honestly compare him to a real schizophrenic... Has any schizophrenic ever maintained a public narrative for years online without any photos, videos, or memorable grammar issues? It really seems more consistent with a psychopathic attempt to gain sympathy while applying the greatest possible control over the code base and the narratives around it. The sort of damaged, autistic, and schizophrenic *vibes* of his presentation seem more like running cover for the overall goal over GrapheneOS. Consider for a moment that Snowden went out of his way to promote it (Julian Assange might have backed him up with some of this) - but I recall it was something like ''if you're a whistle blower or activist or value your privacy, then you have to use Signal & GrapheneOS...'
 
Everyone keeps calling him schizophrenic, but honestly compare him to a real schizophrenic... Has any schizophrenic ever maintained a public narrative for years online without any photos, videos, or memorable grammar issues? It really seems more consistent with a psychopathic attempt to gain sympathy while applying the greatest possible control over the code base and the narratives around it. The sort of damaged, autistic, and schizophrenic *vibes* of his presentation seem more like running cover for the overall goal over GrapheneOS. Consider for a moment that Snowden went out of his way to promote it (Julian Assange might have backed him up with some of this) - but I recall it was something like ''if you're a whistle blower or activist or value your privacy, then you have to use Signal & GrapheneOS...'
I've seen them do it. It's not like the narrative is complicated; it boils down to "XYZ is part of the murder dox swatting communist gangster computer god conspiracy against me, ostracize them or you too are part of it" every time, which is standard schizo fare. It's true that getting lunatics or the incompetent into positions of authority is a glownigger sabotage technique, but privacy-focused projects naturally attract paranoid schizophrenics because if the freemasons are conspiring against you, you need to take measures to protect yourself.
 
Everyone keeps calling him schizophrenic, but honestly compare him to a real schizophrenic... Has any schizophrenic ever maintained a public narrative for years online without any photos, videos, or memorable grammar issues? It really seems more consistent with a psychopathic attempt to gain sympathy while applying the greatest possible control over the code base and the narratives around it. The sort of damaged, autistic, and schizophrenic *vibes* of his presentation seem more like running cover for the overall goal over GrapheneOS. Consider for a moment that Snowden went out of his way to promote it (Julian Assange might have backed him up with some of this) - but I recall it was something like ''if you're a whistle blower or activist or value your privacy, then you have to use Signal & GrapheneOS...'
There are mental disorders other than Schizophrenia that cause paranoia. People with Cluster B personality disorders can exhibit paranoia (with or without psychosis) when they are under prolonged periods of stress - and obviously thinking that you're being stalked and persecuted is pretty stressful, so it tends to lead to a downward spiral. For example someone with NPD might explain the difference between their high self-image and their failure by externalising their locus of control and assuming that a conspiracy of others are responsible for their failure (see also: Patrick Tomlinson), because they are the most awesome person ever and can't possibly have failed on their own account.

Many drugs can cause paranoia, notably amphetamines, prescription or illegal. If he has ADHD he might be taking amphetamines to maintain his concentration while coding, whether his doctor prescribed them or not. Or he takes them to fuel coding sessions or is just an addict. There are certain brain disorders that can cause it, or even just high blood pressure.

Schizophrenia is just one of the three main medical categories of paranoid problems. The other two are Paranoid Personality Disorder (which is a Cluster A diagnosis) and Delusional Disorder, which is a catch-all for anything that doesn't fall into any other category. My money is on PPD, but you'd need to be his psychiatrist to know for sure.
 
Everyone keeps calling him schizophrenic, but honestly compare him to a real schizophrenic... Has any schizophrenic ever maintained a public narrative for years online without any photos, videos, or memorable grammar issues? It really seems more consistent with a psychopathic attempt to gain sympathy while applying the greatest possible control over the code base and the narratives around it. The sort of damaged, autistic, and schizophrenic *vibes* of his presentation seem more like running cover for the overall goal over GrapheneOS. Consider for a moment that Snowden went out of his way to promote it (Julian Assange might have backed him up with some of this) - but I recall it was something like ''if you're a whistle blower or activist or value your privacy, then you have to use Signal & GrapheneOS...'
Though some people were directly speculating, I think the more colloquial usage of "schizo" isn't really often schizo stuff but other personality disorders. I tend to read it less as an actual diagnosis and more of "I don't know what this is exactly but it's weird and that's also what I think about real schizos."

I think you're right that schizos "theories" are generally different than this more sociopathic type of thing but I don't think most people really know it's different. Micay, like most of these people, is too transparent about his actual goal and it only seems schizo if you think he's operating in honest good faith. For most people giving it a casual glance they aren't going to see the pattern right away.
 
It's not shocking that someone with a severely paranoid nature would get involved in privacy-oriented software. There's a fine line between an understandable desire to maintain your own privacy because of the threats that are really there (especially in this day and age) and wanting to do so because of threats that aren't. Who here can say that they know what the real threats are to their privacy when about 1 in 4 "conspiracy theories" turn out to be true, and where Discord gay-ops are a fact of life - people really do conspire against people online, it happens frequently, as is documented here in many threads.

I can't powerlevel, but someone I knew was put on new ADHD meds and went from someone who wanted to keep a low profile online to someone who was convinced the Illuminati were spying on them through their doorbell and ended up with a trip to the psych ward. It's a fine line. But sometimes it's not a dramatic descent, and even if it is, people with amphetamine-induced paranoia or paranoid psychosis can maintain the same level of dysfunction seemingly indefinitely. Kiwitapes recently put out a video about Tony Chase, the "Satellite Man is attacking my teeth with a laser" guy, who is clearly a meth addict, not a born-and-bred schizophrenic. What's notable is that he dug up videos from 14 years ago and Tony had exactly the same delusions back then. Your typical schizo can't keep their delusions straight for 5 minutes and is totally incoherent, especially when they write - look at how Time Cube was added to repeatedly over many years and almost never with the same nonsense twice - that's classic schizophrenic rambling.

Daniel sounds more like a less severe version of Tony, a guy who maintains the same level of paranoia without ever getting any worse or any better - he's not psychotic, the things he's claiming are plausible, but probably wrong, rather than being bizarre or illogical as someone with proper psychosis (like Tony) would display. That's why he's able to continue to maintain some level of function and maintain his relative privacy and opsec. It's when you descend into psychosis that you start making Tony-style psychotic rant videos and breaking your opsec.
 
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