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Is there much benefit at all in using vpn on Google Android OS? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/privacy@lemmy.ml
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I have a normal Googled Android phone and tinkered with a bunch of settings so that only what I can't uninstall or disable remains on it.

If I run a vpn on it then the Googled OS may still know my location(from wifi and bluethooth scanning that it may be doing nonstop) and browser searches.

In that case, would the vpn only mask my activity from my internet service provider?

Thanks in advance

PS: This is a locked phone and I understand that it's spyware but I can't afford an unlocked one yet thanks

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[–] 8 points 1 year ago (8 children)

Try Universal ADB Debloater, you can probably remove most spywares from it. Surely I can't trust it as much as a FOSS rom, but from my quick network inspection my samsung stock rom with UAD makes pretty much no network connection at all.

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  • [–] -3 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    Try Universal ADB Debloater,

    I don't see that in the Play store.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (5 children)
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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Have you tried being nice, the link you provided wasnt for the playstore and not everyone is as digitally literate as you.

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  • [–] -4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Have you tried searching instead of coming straight to a group of nerds focused on privacy and crying about something not being in the Play Store, which many of us avoid like the plague?

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    If your opsec was so great you'd realise I was not the OP and just found the comment to be dismissive.

    Communities thrive on dialogue and providing context and links can help with longevity for the community and platform.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    You're right, I assumed you were the OP, and that's squarely on me. The cats still remain. Most of the suggestions here will be impossible to find via streamline means, as this is not a streamline network, and much less a "normie" channel.

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