Android phones are sending significant amount of user data with no opt-out [pdf]
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Re: Android phones are sending significant amount of user data with no opt-out [pdf]
#2Last I checked the default keyboard samsung installs on their phones was collecting what you typed and sharing/selling that data with third parties. I try not to store or access any personal information on my cell phones when i can avoid it, but at a certain point, just having one is enough to seriously compromise your privacy. Strong regulation with real sharp teeth is the only thing that can fix this situation.
Re: Android phones are sending significant amount of user data with no opt-out [pdf]
#3Last I checked the default keyboard samsung installs on their phones was collecting what you typed and sharing/selling that data with third parties. I try not to store or access any personal information on my cell phones when i can avoid it, but at a certain point, just having one is enough to seriously compromise your privacy. Strong regulation with real sharp teeth is the only thing that can fix this situation.
There are lines in the sand, and a default key logger sending data to undisclosed third parties should be a pretty easy one everyone can agree on.
Re: Android phones are sending significant amount of user data with no opt-out [pdf]
#4Last I checked the default keyboard samsung installs on their phones was collecting what you typed and sharing/selling that data with third parties. I try not to store or access any personal information on my cell phones when i can avoid it, but at a certain point, just having one is enough to seriously compromise your privacy. Strong regulation with real sharp teeth is the only thing that can fix this situation.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.dslul.open...
OpenBoard is a 100% foss keyboard based on AOSP, with no dependency on Google binaries, that respects your privacy.
Re: Android phones are sending significant amount of user data with no opt-out [pdf]
#5Last I checked the default keyboard samsung installs on their phones was collecting what you typed and sharing/selling that data with third parties. I try not to store or access any personal information on my cell phones when i can avoid it, but at a certain point, just having one is enough to seriously compromise your privacy. Strong regulation with real sharp teeth is the only thing that can fix this situation.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.dslul.open... OpenBoard is a 100% foss keyboard based on AOSP, with no dependency on Google binaries, that respects your privacy.
Once I realized what samsung was doing I switched to AnySoftKeyboard and I'm pretty happy with it. It's got a lot of options.
https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.menny.android.anysoftkey...
Re: Android phones are sending significant amount of user data with no opt-out [pdf]
#6Last I checked the default keyboard samsung installs on their phones was collecting what you typed and sharing/selling that data with third parties. I try not to store or access any personal information on my cell phones when i can avoid it, but at a certain point, just having one is enough to seriously compromise your privacy. Strong regulation with real sharp teeth is the only thing that can fix this situation.
There are lines in the sand, and a default key logger sending data to undisclosed third parties should be a pretty easy one everyone can agree on.
This isn't the sort of news that wins on people's Facebook or Instagram feeds.
Re: Android phones are sending significant amount of user data with no opt-out [pdf]
#7Earlier quoted context omitted.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.dslul.open... OpenBoard is a 100% foss keyboard based on AOSP, with no dependency on Google binaries, that respects your privacy.
Once I realized what samsung was doing I switched to AnySoftKeyboard and I'm pretty happy with it. It's got a lot of options. https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.menny.android.anysoftkey...
One may replace the keyboard, but the underlying "input method" framework is still under OEM's (in this case, Samsung's) control: That is (afaik), they could key-log just fine regardless of whatever keyboard one may install / use.
Re: Android phones are sending significant amount of user data with no opt-out [pdf]
#8Skimming through the article, they compare a few ROMs from significant phone manufacturers, LineageOS with Google Play, /e/, and Stock Android.
It seems that LineageOS has GApps installed and /e/ does not (presumably since they use MicroG?), so it is looking like for LineageOS, it's really Google Play leaking this data.
Re: Android phones are sending significant amount of user data with no opt-out [pdf]
#9Skimming through the article, they compare a few ROMs from significant phone manufacturers, LineageOS with Google Play, /e/, and Stock Android. It seems that LineageOS has GApps installed and /e/ does not (presumably since they use MicroG?), so it is looking like for LineageOS, it's really Google Play leaking this data.
> It seems that LineageOS has GApps installed
It doesn't come with GApps installed, you need to flash those packages manually. That said, LOS also comes without an app store whereas /e/ has a custom F-Droid-compatible store pre-installed.
Combining LineageOS and MicroG is kind of hard (relatively), because LineageOS enforces signature validation, which MicroG needs disabled to properly fake the proper Google APIs. There are non-enforcing builds and build instructions available, but that's not the default. /e/ seems to have the necessary patches enabled by default, which makes using popular apps without flashing GApps a lot easier.
Re: Android phones are sending significant amount of user data with no opt-out [pdf]
#10Skimming through the article, they compare a few ROMs from significant phone manufacturers, LineageOS with Google Play, /e/, and Stock Android. It seems that LineageOS has GApps installed and /e/ does not (presumably since they use MicroG?), so it is looking like for LineageOS, it's really Google Play leaking this data.
> It seems that LineageOS has GApps installed It doesn't come with GApps installed, you need to flash those packages manually. That said, LOS also comes without an app store whereas /e/ has a custom F-Droid-compatible store pre-installed. Combining LineageOS and MicroG is kind of hard (relatively), because LineageOS enforces signature validation, which MicroG needs disabled to properly fake the proper Google APIs. Th…
Can you recommend a couple phones that are compatible with LOS + microg? I looked on their sites and it wasn't quite clear