• Zier@fedia.io
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    3 days ago

    Everything Google on my phone is disabled, no Play store or services either. Someone needs to start a privacy focused OS that is pure Linux and widely available worldwide.

    • Cassanderer@thelemmy.club
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      3 days ago

      I thought one could load open source os on phones, but it does not always work with government sites, or so I heard, want to switch to os everything here.

      • Phoenixz@lemmy.ca
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        2 days ago

        Government ID won’t work anywhere, likely, because Google told all of them that it’s really required and really really safe and gets them loads of money, Google can’t survive without this and we wouldn’t want to be bell without Google now, would we?

    • NovaSel@lemmy.world
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      3 days ago

      I’ve heard of something called GrapheneOS which the privacy community seem to like. The installation guide has my head spinning so I haven’t done it, but if it’s something you want to look into, there you go.

  • RejZoR@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    4 days ago

    Disabling “Google” app seems to break A LOT of data mining. So make sure you disable that crap. Also disable Chrome and uninstall/disable Gemini. Also use DNS level filtering like NextDNS or AdguardDNS. The amount of crap these filter while not affecting my usage of smartphone is wild. And I’m using Hagezi Ultimate which is the most aggressive block list.

    • NovaSel@lemmy.world
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      3 days ago

      “Google” - Disabled

      Chrome - Disabled

      Gemini - Never installed that parasite in the first place

      Thanks bro

          • hansolo@lemmy.today
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            2 days ago

            Android Debug Bridge. You plug your phone into your computer and get deeper than the android UI lets you. What you would want to disable various by manufacturer and model.

            ADB is a command line thing. I would have Claude or ChatGPT walk you through it and give you a proposed list based on installed apps. It’s not especially hard to do, but you need to understand that is you disable something that breaks functionality, you just re-enable things to see what it was. So take your time.