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It's all-or-nothing, and not being part of the Google ecosystem is extremely inconvenient as more and more services depend on it.
Only legislation can give power back to the users. It shouldn't be necessary to put up with this level of surveillance by big corps in order to function in society.
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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...
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> 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
Last 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.
"OpenBoard may be able to collect all the text you type, including personal data such as passwords and credit card numbers"
This appears to be from Samsung, trying to deter users from using keyboards other than their own.
Companies like Google hold a lot of power over their users. It's all-or-nothing, and not being part of the Google ecosystem is extremely inconvenient as more and more services depend on it. Only legislation can give power back to the users. It shouldn't be necessary to put up with this level of surveillance by big corps in order to function in society.
Don't worry, after about 7 years there will be a low key class action suit and we'll miss the $7 payout and lawyers will collect the leftover millions for the sake of symbolic justice. Then perhaps big industry won't ever learn it's lesson again.
Congress has already proven that they're the Rip Van Winkle of IT awareness unless it pertains to boosting their personal investments.
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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.
Thanks for this, just installed it and when I click to enable in my settings, I get an Attention message: "OpenBoard may be able to collect all the text you type, including personal data such as passwords and credit card numbers" This appears to be from Samsung, trying to deter users from using keyboards other than their own.
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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...
I've tried both anysoftkeyboard and openboard, and liked openboard layout better but wanted swiftkey like support from anysoftkeyboard. Looking at reddit fossdroid I discovered the one fitted me better as a closer to openboard with swiftkey support : FlorisBoard
Skimming 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…
I know of two other Android flavors that have microG integrated. /e/ is one of them and CalyxOS is the other.
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> 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
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1bx6RvTCEGn5zA06lW_uZ...
If you want a more specific recommendation, could you provide your budget and your requirements?
Last 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.