favoredponchoNov 3

How Google Tracks and Scans Everything on Your Android Device

https://lemmy.zip/post/52348504

How Google Tracks and Scans Everything on Your Android Device - Lemmy.zip

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Show threadmjrNov 3

De-googled phones exist, but they’re rooted or using a custom firmware. Usually, these phones spoof Google Play Services, replacing that layer with something called MicroG.

So root and flash your phone today!

Custom ROM Support Just Got a Lot Worse on Google Pixel Phones

Good thing they last seven years now.

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Show threadRubberElectronsNov 4

Got a pixel? Check out calyxos, it’s a free system upgrade that rips out anything google but allows almost everything to work, even the play store and all your usual games and bank apps.

Calyxos.org

CalyxOS

Show threadFosterMolasses
What moron is willingly still purchasing pixels? Might as well put a livefeed camera for Google HQ in your home lol
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Show threaddjdarrenNov 4
I bought a Pixel 9 with the sole intention of putting Graphene on it. I wasn’t massively down with giving Google money, but my provider offered it to me for £30, then £30 a month on contract. Can’t argue with that.
Show threadRubberElectronsNov 5

If you tear out the parts that talk to Google, then the phone hardware isn’t spying on you. It’s just hardware.

The critical piece tying your phone to Google every 3 minutes is called “play services”.

Calyxos was an OS for the pixel hardware that replaced play services with a FOSS library (called microG) which tricked regular apps into thinking they were talking to and getting responses from Google, when it was actually all happening on your phone.