▲ 1514 ▼ ‘Your phone is about to stop being yours': anger brewing among Android fans as major Google app change draws near (www.techradar.com) submitted 6 months ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to c/technology@lemmy.world 264 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Scaddoosh@feddit.uk 6 points 6 months ago (3 children) E/Os all the way. Fuck Google permalink fedilink source hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] blunderworld@lemmy.ca 1 point 6 months ago (2 children) How's the security/privacy? I don't expect it to be as good as Graphene, but I'm not interested in buying a Google phone. Is it good enough that I won't have to worry about it? Any uses I should avoid on e/os? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] gravitywell@sh.itjust.works 1 point 6 months ago (1 child) Just make sure you can relock the bootloader after you install the e/os ROM or anyone with a USB cable can do as they please with your phones OS. AFAIK that feature is limited to pixel phones and some fair phones, so your options are a bit slim. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Scaddoosh@feddit.uk 1 point 6 months ago Definitely this. I have the Fairphone 6 and relocked bootloader afterwards. Installed NetGuard for added security permalink fedilink source parent
[–] blunderworld@lemmy.ca 1 point 6 months ago (2 children) How's the security/privacy? I don't expect it to be as good as Graphene, but I'm not interested in buying a Google phone. Is it good enough that I won't have to worry about it? Any uses I should avoid on e/os? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] gravitywell@sh.itjust.works 1 point 6 months ago (1 child) Just make sure you can relock the bootloader after you install the e/os ROM or anyone with a USB cable can do as they please with your phones OS. AFAIK that feature is limited to pixel phones and some fair phones, so your options are a bit slim. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Scaddoosh@feddit.uk 1 point 6 months ago Definitely this. I have the Fairphone 6 and relocked bootloader afterwards. Installed NetGuard for added security permalink fedilink source parent
[–] gravitywell@sh.itjust.works 1 point 6 months ago (1 child) Just make sure you can relock the bootloader after you install the e/os ROM or anyone with a USB cable can do as they please with your phones OS. AFAIK that feature is limited to pixel phones and some fair phones, so your options are a bit slim. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Scaddoosh@feddit.uk 1 point 6 months ago Definitely this. I have the Fairphone 6 and relocked bootloader afterwards. Installed NetGuard for added security permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Scaddoosh@feddit.uk 1 point 6 months ago Definitely this. I have the Fairphone 6 and relocked bootloader afterwards. Installed NetGuard for added security permalink fedilink source parent