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@nprofile1q... Wiping specific secondary users as a duress action is something we could implement. It would be able to reliably wiping the data for their profiles. However, it would not be able to hide that the profiles existed and there would be leftover data showing that's the case which could be extracted via developer tools or an exploit. It would only be superficially stealthier, not at a low level. It would also at least need to reboot to make sure the data is gone if the profiles were AFU.
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@nprofile1q...

> opens a duress profile and wipes the rest of the phone, or maybe

Reliably wiping data for the Owner user will prevent the phone from booting so it might as well be a full wipe.

> wipes the saved data in all the apps but keep the apps themselves

The data could potentially be recovered without wiping the overall profiles.

> delete specific apps and leave the rest of the data intact

Same thing, the data could potentially be recovered unless profiles are deleted as a whole.
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@nprofile1q... There was no release of the stock Pixel OS for the Pixel 7a this month, likely due to a major Wi-Fi bandwidth regression. It hasn't received stable Android 16 QPR2 officially yet. We got reports of users reproducing the issue and haven't decided if we should release what we currently have to Stable or not yet. We used the final Android 16 QPR2 Beta factory images for it which are nearly the same as the stable release images for the other devices.
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@nprofile1q... @nprofile1q... /e/ is much worse than LineageOS and there's no device where it provides anywhere close to current privacy or security patches. It's incredibly far behind even on Pixel phones. LineageOS has delays for major updates so it can't keep up with current driver/firmware updates on Pixels but there are other devices where it doesn't have that issue.
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@nprofile1q... @nprofile1q...

> This is where LineageOS comes in, allowing you to have an up-to-date and clean system.

No, LineageOS does not provide you with an up-to-date system. Updates are very delayed and you don't get driver/firmware updates.

>. But with the former, you'd need to buy a new device,

You need a new device for security patches. Your current device has many severe unpatched vulnerabilities including remotely exploitable ones. 2 years without High/Critical driver/firmware patches.
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@nprofile1q... You can install Pixel Camera via either Aurora Store or the sandboxed Google Play Store. It will run without sandboxed Google Play in the same profile. You only need to grant the Camera permission + Storage Scopes + Sensors permission for photos. Microphone too for videos. It doesn't need the Network permission to work but may behave slightly differently since Google loves using feature flags to have certain changes/features for a random % of users to see which goes better.
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@nprofile1q... Pixel Camera achieves lower noise in low light in the regular mode via more aggressive HDR+ using more frames with some using longer exposure time. This is not yet available to apps outside of Pixel Camera on either GrapheneOS or the stock OS. It's likely going to change in the future since it does impact the stock OS that they haven't put more aggressive HDR+ support into the Camera hardware and HAL. If you want all of the fanciest features then use Pixel Camera on GrapheneOS.
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@nprofile1q... GrapheneOS has the same camera functionality and quality as the stock Pixel OS within the same apps. You can use Pixel Camera if you want everything it provides on GrapheneOS.

GrapheneOS Camera has the same continuous autofocus and zoom-based multi-camera but it uses the less aggressive implementation of HDR+ available outside Pixel Camera for merging frames together. It doesn't reduce noise (different thing than blur) as much in low light, but it has a similar Night mode already.