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Is it a good idea to root my phone for degoogling? (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 months ago by to c/degoogle@lemmy.ml
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Rooting seems to have some benefits like bypassing API integrity, so I want to know if rooting my phone is a good idea? And is it safe? (By that I mean will I break my device?) I don't use Google Play Services nor any banking apps (I use the website) and there's no supported custom ROM for my phone (Xiaomi redmi note 12 S) so I think it might be a solution

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[–] 3 points 3 months ago*

1+ for PCAPdroid. Added some domain names and IP addresses to my hosts file by analyzing idle traffic. 😁

Which, ironically, in an ideal world, should be NONE except for perhaps some keepalive packets, if one's running a VPN or such... Boi, if normies knew the traffic going in and out of Google Play Services when "idling"... 😑

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