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Curious what phones are more privacy-focused.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)
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[–] proycon 11 points 2 years ago (3 children)

A pinephone with postmarketOS and sxmo

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago

Pixel 6 with CalyxOS.

[–] sudneo 8 points 2 years ago

Fairphone 3+ with /e/OS. It has been 3 years now, still working fine, and no major problems really. It is expensive for what you get, but if it can help reducing e-waste and spare me the burden of buying a phone every 2 years, I think it's worth.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago (5 children)

I'm using a pixel 6a with GrapheneOs

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (6 children)

I recently got myself a Pixel 7 Pro. the preinstalled OS really tries to push all the Google stuff on you, which isn't great.
but after a quick look around for 1 hour, I installed GrapheneOS and am very happy with it

although I'd really like to have a Linux smartphone. but there seems to be none with good hardware...

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Fairphone with /e/OS. I also like the fair-trade and repairability aspects of it.

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

How's the performance/longevity of the Fairphone in your experience?

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Fairphone 3(+, well it's only half way between plus and non-plus)

running /e/OS (ridiculous stupid name)

it's okay - but too expensive for okay

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

I wish Fairphone would release a version with antennas suitable for use in NA. I'd buy it in a heartbeat.

[–] pabloscloud 5 points 2 years ago

it isn't the phone itself but the operating system on it that makes it private.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I don't like GrapheneOS' creator... I'd rather use LineageOS on my Pixel 3... I also have an Android Pixel 5

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (4 children)

GrapheneOS is a fantastic software regardless of its creator. Also didn't Daniel Micay step down?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (5 children)

That's good.. he might have only stepped down from lead développer position though

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Moto g7 play with lineageOS 20 + microg + magisk delta I'm also running adaway and blocking all the tracker activities from my apps using app manager, and of course, using the most FOSS as possible for replacing proprietary apps. It works well, but sadly this phone won't allow me to hide root and the locked bootloader, so no safetynet because of CTS verification.

Edit: if I use hardware attestation disabler on lsposed, it passes

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Fairphone 3+ with ungoogled lineage OS

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Pixel 6a with Graphene

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Pixel 6 GrapheneOS

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Grapheneos pixel 6a

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Poco F2 with Crdroid and microg

[–] eruchitanda 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

A little late, but Pixel+GrapheneOS.

E: bought the phone for the OS. GrapheneOS/CalyxOS are the ones recommended by the community.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Lineage on a Pixel. AOSP is great without gapps

[–] dimspace 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

A de-googled huawei.

Honestly, i care less about the Chinese knowing what time i go to bed, when i get up and the fact i rarely leave the house, than I do having google knowing literally everything :D

F-droid for apps, nextcloud for my contacts, calendar, bookmarks etc

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

Galaxy S9 off eBay and put e/os on it. Can also buy them flashed https://murena.com/products/smartphones/

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Oneplus 6 with LineageOS!

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

POCO F3 with LineageOS for microG

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Pixel 4a 5G with GrapheneOS. Though it's finally starting to hold less and less of a charge, so I may "upgrade" to a newer yesteryear Pixel model.

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

A land line that I avoid using unless absolutely necessary. There is no such thing as a private cellular device.

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

Samsung Galaxy S10+, use LineageOS on it and have replaced the battery earlier this year after it finally started to last less than a day. Hoping to get another few years out of this phone before I lose support from Lineage.

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

Fairphone 3 with /e/OS

I would like to upgrade to a Fairphone 4 at some point but I would prefer if they would bring back the AUX connection

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

Right now, iPhone. Hardened with some advice taken from the book of Michael Bazzell.

Planing on moving towards Pixel with Graphene OS in the near future. I’m also using macOS and planing on moving towards Arch Linux. Used it for a long long time before when times where simpler and privacy was less difficult to achieve and I plan to go back.

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

Iphone 14 max pro and using nextdns.

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

a Sony z3c running Firefox OS and a Samsung A5 running Tizen.

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[–] Protegee9850 2 points 2 years ago

iPhone. Say what you will but android is made from the ground up to siphon off your data. It requires so many hoop jumps to avoid that.

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

s8+ with /e/OS, works great, simple to use

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (5 children)

I guess I'm the rare CalyxOS user

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