Rethink DNS can be setup to have rules per app and I think it can do this.

And this is based on......?

Ok, troll

It can remove it for the current user. But, since the malware is embedded in the firmware it may get re-installed under a different name.

Mostly puzzle games such as:

• LibreSudoku: Fun Sudoku game with killer Sudoku game mode.
• Braincup: Fun set of short games for improving focus and memory.
• Mental Math: Great way to test your ability to perform math in your head.

EDIT: For relaxing games, I really like Bart Bonte's collection of color games (red, orange, yellow, green, etc.). They're quite chill puzzle games with a nice ambience to them.

I have no idea why they made that choice.

What? Why?

Fossify is slop now, don't do it.

I second your recommendation for POINPY, it's probably the best mobile game that I've played in a very very long time. The fact that they made it completely free with no ads was an absolutely legendary move.

I've also been playing a little bit of Bricky Boy, it's a fun little brick breaker-esque roguelite game. Nice and relaxing with cool graphics. My only criticism is it feels a bit heavy on the ads sometimes.

Does good old Canta still work against these?

I played my steam games. DroidDeck, GameNative.

So CrossCode!

AZNANA

Is this included in HAD already?

I encountered this on a cheap android tv box off Amazon. Found weird apks and after some digging found it emulated a pixel phone and performed fraudulent ad impressions using my home internet after I turned off my TV.

Returned it and reported to Amazon. The listing was gone in a day and reposted the next. 🤷‍♂️

The iPhone cooked the competition and the Pixel was barely an honorable mention.

How can I scan the phone for this? Especially the models they claim come pre installed to its firmware with it?

Good. Now do all the ai companies and Nvidia

This is yet another reason why we must own our devices, from the ground up.

While I like Android at its heart, no go for anything Google DE, Googlebook, Chromebook, etc. Then AI sprinkled in is just a hard no... Personally.

Had me at Linux, lost me at AI.

It’s Google so no

Thank you this is a really good explanation. I'll definitely try Graphene.

to expand a little. I'm actually on the market for a 10pro because de-googling has not been enough for me.

Android's native permission system is broken and google refuses to fix it. Many many apps (Facebook, aliexpress, instagram) reach outside of it's own environment to read other apps

Currently I'm using "Islands" as a workaround. (Highly recommend it) https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.oasisfeng.island.fdroid/

Graphene fixes this permanently by allowing you to set specific permissions for each app to access only it's own files or otherwise allow it to access others on a one by one basis.

The two OSs have a completely different purpose and approach to privacy.

Lineage OS= Degoogling while keeping android compatibility.

Graphene= Actual privacy via individual security context for each app.

I used lineage on 3 different phones for several years back in the day and always liked it but the security of Graphene is really the main reason I'm considering it. I think I'll give it a go on my old pixel 6 first and see if it suits me.