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Curious what phones are more privacy-focused.

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[–] dotslashme@infosec.pub 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] upliftedduck@feddit.nl 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm using a pixel 6a with GrapheneOs

[–] theusualuser@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Just ordered a 6a. Any idea how that works with the esim? I've never done esim or graphene, so although I'm familiar with different roms I have no idea what the setup experience is like on graphene with a pixel 6a

[–] upliftedduck@feddit.nl 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not using the esim, but i am interested to know as well

[–] KindnessInfinity@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Privileged eSIM management can be enabled in Settings ➔ Network & Internet ➔ Privileged eSIM management. The toggle will be greyed out and unusable if sandboxed Google Play is not installed, as the functionality is reliant on it.

more info: https://grapheneos.org/usage#sandboxed-google-play-esim

hope this helps

[–] Richardisaguy@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 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

[–] bp99@lemmy.bp99.eu 2 points 1 year ago

Pixel 7 for GrapheneOS

[–] naeap@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago (1 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...

[–] KindnessInfinity@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Android uses the Linux kernal, so it is technically linux

[–] authed@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

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

[–] archchan@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] authed@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] KindnessInfinity@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)
[–] authed@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sorry to hear that he was swatted, I wouldn't wish that on anyone...

[–] KindnessInfinity@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

It makes me sad. I miss them. I wish people would be nice to them.

[–] 4ffy@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

I bought a Pixel 7 for the sole purpose of GrapheneOS. I really have no complaints. It Just Works and I feel slightly less uncomfortable carrying a phone with me.

[–] wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago

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.

[–] dimspace@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 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

[–] zekiz@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Pixel 4a with GrapheneOS

[–] dontblink@feddit.it 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Cheap/medium 180€ Xiaomi with Lineage OS with micro g, been loving it for 3 years, never gave a single problem and battery is still decent.

Lineage gives your device much more life, because without all the google services you stress the battery and the CPU way less, after installing it the phone stopped lagging completely even if the memory was full and i kept plenty of apps open.

I went from believing i had an old, laggy and crappy phone to realizing i'm holding in my hands an amazing machine that with a new battery can easily last other 3 years if not more!

Consumism is really shaping our minds into believing we always have to get more and more and more, and of course google will push android updates on phones which cannot support the updated version, that you can buy a new phone, lovely <3

[–] itchy_lizard@feddit.it 1 points 1 year ago

Lineage on a Pixel. AOSP is great without gapps

[–] proycon@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A pinephone with postmarketOS and sxmo

[–] polskilumalo@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 1 year ago

How's the battery life?

[–] sudneo@lemmy.world 1 points 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.

[–] beigegull@lemmy.world 1 points 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.

[–] Sarcasmo220@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm using a Librem 5 as my daily driver

[–] beigegull@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What carrier? Do voice calls work?

[–] Sarcasmo220@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

I am in the USA using T-Mobile. Yes, voice calls work. Depending on when the device was shipped, it may require a modem firmware update. After that its a simple install of bm818-tools package, enable VOLTE and then reboot.

[–] ReakDuck@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] KindnessInfinity@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] ReakDuck@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Its sad how most new phones don't have a fingerprint on the back

[–] KindnessInfinity@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

I don't mind the inscreen ones.

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