A question for those of you who are savvy:
Is there an European SUPL?
If not, why not? It seems that even the major mobile operators redirect to Google, which then has access not only to SIM card information, but also exact location of all the mobile devices in the world.
If this is the case, why isn't the EU ahead of the game? Any observatory with a server could do this simple job.
#FOSS #opensource #palantir #google #Linux #android #AOSP #masssurveillance #EU
I flip back and forth between #HeliBoard and #FUTO.
The only thing keeping me on FUTO is the fact that it fixes the annoyance of #AOSP Android assuming that hyphenated-words are new words and trying to spell-correct them. If Heliboard ever fixes that bug, I'll be on it forever. It's so close to perfect now, it's ridiculous.
I was just lamenting the lack of really good #FOSS keyboards on #Android a couple years ago, and now it's totally different.
I posted this on Lemmy, but think it's worth reposting here. With the news that Google is locking down Android more, and making it more difficult to install apps of ones own choosing, there is likely going to be more interest in alternatives to Google branded Android.
The best general resource for instructions on how to unlock your phone's bootloader and flash alternate AOSP ROM's or non-Android OS's is https://xdaforums.com/
Please note that not all carriers and oem's allow you to unlock the bootloader though, so choose your device carefully for this.
You will also most likely need a PC (desktop or laptop) with adb & fastboot on it. These are apps used in the terminal, but you only need to copy and paste a few commands into them to use it.
If you have a Google Pixel then best option is Graphene - https://grapheneos.org/
For other devices you can use a "degoogled" Android ROM and get apps from the open source F-Droid app store - https://f-droid.org/
Some choices for this are:
Lineage - https://lineageos.org/
crDroid - https://crdroid.net/
/e/os - https://e.foundation/e-os/
Iode - https://iode.tech/iodeos/
OR use a a true alternative mobile OS. Options for this are:
Ubuntu Touch - https://www.ubuntu-touch.io/
Sailfish OS - https://sailfishos.org/
Mobian - https://mobian-project.org/
Postmarket OS - https://postmarketos.org/
Plasma Mobile - https://plasma-mobile.org/
Droidian - https://droidian.org/
You can also purchase devices with alternative OS's already preinstalled from:
Volla - https://volla.online/en/devices/
Jolla - https://jolla.com/
Fairphone - https://fairphone.com/
Murena - https://murena.com/
Furilabs - https://furilabs.com/
Brax - https://www.braxtech.net/
I have an open question.
I currently use LocalSend to move files from my computer to my phone. Usually map files, and music.
How does KDE Connect impact battery life on the phone?
It does more, but since it's always running, I'm curious how significant it's impact.
@GrapheneOS hi devs, really greatful for your work. Because of you guys so many people are reducing their digital footprint. I have one request to make. AOSP by default enables IPC which enables the apps to query for the other apps and know whether it was installed. This is a big privacy loophole which is used to fingerprint users. As graphenos is a custom ROM, can you disable this or give the users the ability to choose?
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