Your phone is a snitch in your pocket, and the law won't save you. It's time to break the surveillance machine.
2026-04-06 17:06 UTC
Replies (25)
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@jabjoe@feddit.uk 2026-04-06 20:05
This is a legal/poltical issue more than a technology one. The good guys are the EFF, OpenRightsGroup, EDRi and others in the same side. Increasingly phone apps are forced on us to do things at all, and those apps are not only closed but only run on locked down OSs. It's anti competitive, anti-freedom, authoritarian, etc etc. We need to get better at convincing non-nerds. We need to stop fighting political fights by burying ourselves ever deeper in tech. Which I'm guilty of too!
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@14th_cylon@lemmy.zip 2026-04-06 17:32
i dream about a phone with hw switch, which would be used to lock the screen and at the same moment it would physically disconnect microphone, camera, and gps module. not saying it is complete solution to the privacy problem, but it would be good start.
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@partofthevoice@lemmy.zip 2026-04-07 05:11
We need bots, automations… I don’t know… we need a new category called “telemetry jammers.” If the tools existed, I’m almost certain people would not mind running them. Spam the hell out of telemetry sensors of all kinds, with random data… destroy the usefulness altogether. The more spam, the fewer people we actually need to participate. The more transparent to the actual user, the better.
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@DieserTypMatthias@lemmy.ml 2026-04-06 20:02
Me reading this on Pixel 9a running GrapheneOS:
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@CommanderCloon@lemmy.ml 2026-04-07 08:46
Some stuff that you can use are - AdNauseam, visually blocks ads but under the hood clicks on them, nuking the usefulness of ad trackers - TrackMeNot, spams queries on search engines, clicks some links here and there, all in the background. Works perfectly with AdNauseam, nuking both ad & search profiling Then there is this experimental (HARPO: Learning to Subvert Online Behavioral Advertising) paper on using ML to obfuscate online tracking, it's a research paper so my understanding is limited to the excerpt 😅 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2111.05792
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@jdr@lemmy.ml 2026-04-06 17:20
> How much of your life are you willing to sell for a slightly more convenient map app? 30% max
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@HubertManne@piefed.social 2026-04-06 20:22
I don't like smartphones and im kinda paranoid so turned off and in an rfid blocking bag. Even with dumbphones because who knows what is hidden away active without me knowing. I would have laughed at such paranoia 15 years ago.
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@araneae@beehaw.org 2026-04-06 19:01
Is this a post just tilting the blame and impetus for escaping closed hardware on the user and nothing else? Because I'll buy a Jolla or a Fairphone when my current phone dies, maybe, if I can afford it. All your post does is position true privacy as a hobbyists niche.
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@eleitl@lemmy.zip 2026-04-07 13:22
I use Graphene OS and mostly/exclusively only open source applications.
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@teyrnon@sh.itjust.works 2026-04-06 21:59
We all know the title is right. Graphene OS is the answer, from what I read.
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@kshade@lemmy.world 2026-04-07 16:32
Is there any hard evidence that supports the claim that an Android/Apple phone listens in on conversations?
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@tixnou@feddit.cl 2026-04-07 22:53
Is this poster an AI bot or am i tripping Edit: it definitely is (the random hashtags should've been enough of a giveaway)
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@traxex@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-04-06 21:10
Best friend is stuck on his iPhone. Does anybody have any quick and easy links that show how bad Apple is at privacy? I’ve been trying to get a few together to show him and hopefully break the cycle.
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@BladeFederation@piefed.social 2026-04-06 18:18
Preaching to the choir here buddy
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@chunes@lemmy.world 2026-04-06 22:18
Cell phones started to become popular while I was in college. I still have not used one. I have a dumb phone for businesses and institutions that absolutely must call for whatever reason. Everything else can be easily handled on my computer.
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@night_petal@piefed.social 2026-04-07 10:33
Would the three hardware switches on the furi phone actually help here?
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@Cherry@piefed.social 2026-04-06 19:07
I would love to think its just a hardware and software issue, it is a habit issue too - i am keen to get away from my phone. I am starting to detest it. But we do still need things that genuinely aid us. People do need maps. and bank apps on the go. I am trying to break my habits. I have been tempted to go back to a nokia flip but i need a map. I miss the days of flips, that satisfying clip closed. The actual physical act of opening it. I will be moving to graphene pretty soon but its still a touchscreen, and even if i buy second hand it bumps google prices, i begrudge that. Jolla is too far away and a tad on the pricey side. Motorola is still another big brand just producing touch screen smart phones that lean towards bad habits. I would love a physical switch too.
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@CodenameDarlen@lemmy.world 2026-04-06 17:38
Can this be true if you use a device without any connection to the internet and no SIM card? I mean could a hardware connect to some kind of network to send private information? Let's assume it can read wireless network even with wifi turned off, it still needs to find a network and a password to connect to it. Because the basic thing is, it won't expose your data if doesn't leave your phone, right?
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@gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 2026-04-07 01:51
What we need most at this point are hardware manufacturers that aren't in bed with the CIA. for a long time i have had the feeling that basically there's only a very small number of hardware manufacturers in the world, we all know them, TSMC and others, and basically i suspect that the CIA puts some kind of spyware directly into the hardware. maybe i'm wrong here, but i have a gut feeling. we need independent hardware manufacturers, maybe stationed in europe or somewhere else in the third world altogether. you said it yourself, encrypted apps don't mean anything when the underlaying system is already flawed. that is the operating system and the hardware. first we need better hardware, then we need a clean, non-invasive operating system, then we need good apps. starting with good apps alone doesn't actually do that much when your data gets siphoned off through other apps nonetheless.
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@bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 2026-04-06 18:47
Can someone explain what data Samsung would be harvesting If you disable google play store and only use f droid apps? How can I see what data ia being keamed from my phone? Of course, we know for a fact if you install the Facebook app it records you night and day. But none of us use that garbage. I have to stay in this phone for a couple years still until i get a graphene pixel. Ive disabled everything I can on it and never update it.
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@biggerbogboy@sh.itjust.works 2026-04-07 01:33
This is why I’ve wanted a PDA for a while now. But nobody makes them anymore because everyone pivoted to making smartphones, so DIY would probably be one of the only options unless I want to buy used tech from I believe 2 decades ago.
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@peoflor@lemmy.ml 2026-04-07 05:02
no more dissidence in regular social network (x,instagram ...)
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@Zamboni_Driver@lemmy.ca 2026-04-07 18:06
Snitch on me about what exactly?
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@freedickpics@lemmy.ml 2026-04-07 23:53
I stand corrected, but do you need a Google account at any point for activation etc.? I've had increasing difficulty creating a Google account at all without a phone number
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@l3db3tt3r@piefed.social 2026-04-07 17:15
Lockdown mode for websites and apps isn’t terrible to manage/configure on the fly, bonus is it makes you (re)consider if you should.