Curious what phones are more privacy-focused.

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    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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      Right the Linux phones seem to be more for tinkering than anything. I can’t really convince myself that’d be suitable for my every day life lol

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      You can flash your own mobile linux os to it. I know a guy who did. But he was very knowledgeable about that stuff. And so privacy focused he wouldn’t even show it off 😭

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        I haven’t checked for the Pixel for now, but for every older phone (usually OnePlus’) there was always something missing - only the OP One was well supported, which speaks for this company’s decisions…

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        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.

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    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.

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

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    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

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

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    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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      Can you give a little detail how you are blocking the app tracking?

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        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.

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

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    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