2026-01-08 16:39 UTC
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@Nonya_Bidniss@infosec.exchange 2026-01-08 16:55
@z3r0fox@mastodon.social Bit off topic, I'm still using a Googled Pixel but I'm also using DDG's tracker blocker which prevents apps from sending data home, for example I assume constant location data. It has blocked thousands upon thousands of third party data tracking attempts through the few apps I use. I'm very happy with it. I may try Graphene at some point but the app I use the most is Libby which isn't available on Fdroid, I have 3 different libraries connected to it and I'm not sure if people continue to use certain apps like Libby from the Google Play store after they switch to Graphene or other OS. This kind of confusion attenuates my motivation to switch.
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@unusnemo@friendica.rogueproject.org 2026-01-09 02:09
@z3r0fox@mastodon.social This is not completely true and could give people a false sense of security that does not exist. Google is not the one selling the information in this case. It is the apps that you load and give location information too that do not actually require or use it, other than to sell. Take this into consideration. Everyone goes to GrapheneOS or something compatible with their device. Everyone uses the FDroid store, which I already do. Now were do the people publishing their apps go to? FDroid does not actually have a policy or enforce a policy that prohibits an app from gathering or selling data. If it was big enough then app publishers that do this would use them also to propagate their apps. The real issue here is not giving apps permissions they do not need, irrelevant to the OS you are using on your mobile device. Nice plug, but not an honest one, and one that could endanger people's security if they blindly followed it thinking that replacing Android and using another OS with a different app store fixed all their issues. Which it will not. Blindly giving unneeded permissions to apps has been a on going issues since smart devices have existed.