Curious what phones are more privacy-focused.

  • naeap@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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    1 year ago

    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…

      • naeap@sopuli.xyzEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        Nah, I wanna have a real Linux system, complete with userspace environment and my complete control over everything

        GrapheneOS is pretty cool for now though.
        I haven’t tried PostmarketOS.

        But I’m so in love with my Steam Deck. it’s just pure beauty to have a complete Linux system in this lovely package. I can just ssh into it :⁠-⁠D
        so, it would be awesome to have a device, that would fit in my IT environment. Apple products work better/exclusively with Apple products, Linux stuff works better with Linux stuff.

  • sudneo@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    1 year 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.

  • auth@lemmy.mlEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    I don’t like GrapheneOS’ creator… I’d rather use LineageOS on my Pixel 3… I also have a stock Pixel 5

      • zekiz@lemmy.mlEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        I’m probably getting a new phone in October or November. Depends on when I have enough money.

        I’m either getting the 6a or 7a. I guess the 7a is more powerful but also more expensive.

  • beigegull@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    Currently a Pixel with an anonymous custom ROM, although I’ve got a PinePhone on my desk I need to test more.

    Cell phones are incompatible with privacy. Any phone necessarily constantly sends your location to your cell provider just in order to work. But even if that’s true, there’s no reason to also let someone else be the remote administrator for a sensor node with a camera and microphone that you carry everywhere. Running a mobile OS with a universal backdoor is bad times.

  • Richard is a lemur@lemmy.mlEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    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

      • Richard is a lemur@lemmy.mlEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        Both with adaway’s firewall and app manager to disable trackers, both applications are available on f-droid.

        App manager will block most, if not all tracking activities off applications (Google ads, Google firebase Facebook ads, Amazon ads, and other nasty stuff).

        If something passes through, it won’t be able to send anything to their servers as adaway’s firewall will be acting as a middleman blocking the addresses.

        Microg also has a part in that, as it sends as little info as possible to google servers, so applications can’t properly use it to display ads, or track my activity, if they simply can at all.

  • 💡dim@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    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