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A place to discuss privacy and freedom in the digital world.

Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

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what phones are you all using? (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Curious what phones are more privacy-focused.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Nothing is perfect. Even GrapheneOS has been accused of "sharing telemetry" by individuals (no source on that, just read random comments on different forums so you can probably ignore it).

Even without rooting your phone there are ways to degoogle a bit. I have a Crosscall phone (French brand) that is essentially vanilla Android with 4 OEM apps. I used adb to debloat it.

I recommend doing this especially if you don't have a Google account or don't want to use the Google stuff. Saves on battery. Then thow on some of the standard replacement apps (qksms, OSM, whatever).

There is a slew of DNS/host blocking apps/filters (think netguard, blockada) or monitoring apps like Trackercontrol that help as well if you can't root or put Lineage, eOS, GrapheneOS, Divest, iode, Copperhead, etc. on your phone.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Nothing is perfect.

At first I thought you are talking about the Nothing phone, then I reread the sentence… (I’d also doubt that the Nothing phone is particularly privacy-friendly.)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

CopperheadOS haven't heard that name in ages! Just so you know copperheadOS was renamed to GrapheneOS