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  1. > That's also incorrect, because the gmscompat app is just a helper app. Hmm, ok. I was reasoning the helper app was needed to get around the default assumptions from Google Play Services. > Those permissions are handled by the OS under…
  2. True. I think this one is closer to the truth: < https://github.com/GrapheneOS/platform_packages_apps_GmsComp... > There is no READ_PRIVILEGED_PHONE_STATE mentioned there.
  3. > you can inspect the code it's running That's only true for microG itself, not the Google blobs it needs to download and execute in order to function. GmsCompat on GrapheneOS is also fully open source.[1] > For example you can replace the…