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submitted 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) by nVZWmCa67Tq0SQkXPR@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

What are the most privacy respecting smartphones to buy, I am also looking for the one which respects your privacy the most. So far going to privacy communities esp on reddit, I often see Google Pixel + GrapheneOS being recommended.

But the thing is I don't really trust Google with privacy, as we have seen they are last one to respect privacy. What if Google has some backdoor in the hardware that cannot be changed? And the problem with the more privacy respecting OSes for mobiles like GrapheneOS, CalyxOS etc are that they are only supported for Google pixel phones.

So I am really confused here.

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[-] R51@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I hear lots of great things about Graphene but it's only able to run on Pixel phones. I have a LineageOS installed on my phone & I have full control over the firewall, and there's no google on it. Got the phone a year ago, battery still lasts 2 days of occasional use. It's amazing how nice a phone feels without ads, constant upload/download, and unneeded background services running.

Basically, and even with Graphene, the biggest security risk for a phone is the person using it. I wish it were more turn-key but the tracking with cookies is just the tip of the iceburg.. apps like to track too and if you need an app outside of the free-open-source-software circle you should know how to control its access to the internet.

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