That wasn't what they asked. Obviously the carrier can do shit but that's a separate issue with different solutions. That doesn't mean we shouldn't care about the phone itself.
I took it as "Is there a phone we can actually use without [any] data being harvested?", in which case my point stands, but I also understand your point as well.
Both are issues, I agree. I think the phone we use is what we have the most control over though which is why I’d like to have a phone which is as good as I can get privacy-wise. (And any insight on what that phone/set-up would be, hence the question!)
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Tenkian@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 3y
"privacy, that's iPhone" 🙄
rovingspeakey@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 3y
Is there a phone we can actually use without our data being harvested? (Genuine question).
Kidplayer_666@lemm.ee · 5 pts · 3y
Well, pinephone, probably. You can also just get a custom android ROM and use MicroG instead of actual Google services and that should do the trick
codebam@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 3y
you’d probably be better off with sandboxed play services on grapheneos
Kidplayer_666@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 3y
Not everyone wants to go the pixel route
rovingspeakey@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y
Thank you, will have a look into that!
qwertyqwertyqwerty@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 3y
No. Even if the phone itself doesn't track a single thing, your carrier will still track your phone's location and whatever other data they can get.
deweydecibel@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 3y
That wasn't what they asked. Obviously the carrier can do shit but that's a separate issue with different solutions. That doesn't mean we shouldn't care about the phone itself.
qwertyqwertyqwerty@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y
I took it as "Is there a phone we can actually use without [any] data being harvested?", in which case my point stands, but I also understand your point as well.
rovingspeakey@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y
Both are issues, I agree. I think the phone we use is what we have the most control over though which is why I’d like to have a phone which is as good as I can get privacy-wise. (And any insight on what that phone/set-up would be, hence the question!)
c0mmando@links.hackliberty.org · 3 pts · 3y
I roll with GrapheneOS in airplane mode 99.9% of the time.
Works for me.