I’m not sure about all Garmin watches, but most of them don’t have wifi. So in those cases their only way of getting data to Garmin servers is via syncing with the app.

You can also just use your Garmin watch on its own without any app. You can plug your Garmin watch into your PC and export your data into a self hosted fitness tracker like endurain for example.

considering Curve failed my ID check and refuse to reply to my emails trying to sort it out.

I had this exact problem with Curve on graphene back in September. Curve didn’t even ask for an ID and the app just kept saying my ID (the one it didn’t ask for) couldn’t be verified.

But a few weeks ago I tried Curve again, in exploit compatibility mode, and this time it worked. And NFC payments are working for me.

Might be worth trying it again after some time has passed?

Now try migrating all your docker containers to podman.

Or maybe people are mislead by (and putting to much trust in) the term “end-to-end encryption”

Sure its encrypted in transit between you and the person you’re exchanging messages with.

But that doesnt mean the Whatsapp app itself isnt scanning your chats on the phone.

Right now, using GrapheneOS and being outside of corporate attestation chains just means that you can’t use the NFC payment system.

FYI, I’m able to use NFC payments on Graphene OS using Curve Pay.

Isn’t that the whole point to Graphene OS?

I like my super secure OS being developed by super paranoid developers thank you very much.

Why do you need yet-another-separate app?

To keep your two factor codes and passwords separate in the event that your password manager is breached.

Also if you need a 2FA code to log into your password manager, how are you going to get it if its in the password manager that you can’t log into without the 2FA code inside it?