How to use ProtonMail in my Android phone without letting Google know about my Proton account?
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How to use ProtonMail in my Android phone without letting Google know about my Proton account? - lemm.ee
I have been slowly degoogling my life by reducing my use of Google apps and
switching to FOSS alternatives. I recently created a Proton account and tried to
keep it completely isolated from my default Google account so as to not let it
know what my Proton mail identity is. I have finished my transition in my
desktop to the best of my ability and am planning to start the same with my
mobile. The only thing I have done in my Android phone related to Proton is
having downloaded ProtonVPN and signed into my account within the app. However I
fear by downloading ProtonMail and signing into it, my Android phone would
identify the email account, which could make this entire transition useless. Is
there a way to avoid this situation or has the damage already been done. What
does Google know about my Proton account, if at all?
Just install a vanilla android rom with gapps. Best you can do is install microg variant roms, if you want gms.
Best he can do is install non microg roms completely removing google from his system, but microg is a nice compromise.
Eh i was saying without gapps. Will edit my typo
Nono you don’t understand. Graphene OS comes default without any version of google play services, neither the original one or the microg alternative. You can enable sandboxed google play for compatability, here it is pure preference if you prefer sandboxed google play or microg. I am not sure what I prefer yet. So the most degoogled way is actually no google api calls at all. Which I do think might be available with microg by disabling it? I forgot.
I thought I read custom roms weren’t possible anymore. Are there any good options for a s20+?
They are not really possible for galaxy devices due to the locked down bootloader
Pure misinformation there are roms available for popular Samsung phones. Samsung never locked bootloader of their devices.
You are indeed correct. Whoops.
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