I'm wondering if Nokia phones with Android One are not snitching on their users like the others are.
Android phones are sending significant amount of user data with no opt-out [pdf]
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#22I'm wondering if Nokia phones with Android One are not snitching on their users like the others are.
Nokia licensed their mobile brand and now it's some Chinese producer slapping the logo on the devices. Probably on pair with Xiaomi and Huawei.
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#23Earlier quoted context omitted.
Can you recommend a couple phones that are compatible with LOS + microg? I looked on their sites and it wasn't quite clear
LineageOS for microG supports all phones that LineageOS does. Here's a spreadsheet of the full list along with the specs of each device: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1bx6RvTCEGn5zA06lW_uZ... If you want a more specific recommendation, could you provide your budget and your requirements?
The irony of this being in a Google Spreadsheet
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#24Last 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.
Thanks, I'll check that out.
I've been using Swiftkey since before Microsoft bought it, and really enjoying it.
I know I shouldn't be surprised but I feel really betrayed that they use it to track app usage and link it to IMEI and the Google advertising id.
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#25Last 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.
> Last I checked the default keyboard samsung installs on their phones was collecting what you typed and sharing/selling that data with third parties.
How did you check? Do you have a source/link?
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#26Android takes snapshots (screenshots) of apps as soon as you switch to another app. When you view the app list, it already has the last view of each app.
But the Xiaomi/MIUI Android sends over those screenshots back to the company is new information.
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#27Your opt-out is to buy an iPhone.
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#28Last 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.
Strong regulation by whom? The organization that brought us the CIA, NSA, FBI, and the rest of the alphabet soup of “security” bureaucracies that spy on us arbitrarily?
Strong regulation could easily worsen the problem, as it can lead to a ratcheting up of the regulatory burden until only mega corps like Apple and Google could afford to make phones, and upstarts like Purism and Pinephone get squeezed out.
How about before getting so gung ho with pointing the government gun at everyone’s head, we consider the option of rolling back the unjust regulations that already exist which give the mega corps undue government privilege (patents are a good place to start), and encouraging (by voting with our wallets) organic alternatives to emerge, like they already are doing.
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#29Android takes snapshots (screenshots) of apps as soon as you switch to another app. When you view the app list, it already has the last view of each app. But the Xiaomi/MIUI Android sends over those screenshots back to the company is new information.
The article doesn't mention screenshots at all.
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#30Companies 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.
you mean the legislation that forced banks to use google safety nets create hindrance in rooting the phone? I really find myself in hopeless position these days when Google can do anything freely because they have enough cash to lobby anything.