Sorry to post my shitty neofetch to this community
CalyxOS for your pixel phone. Degoogle that baby.
this post was submitted on 04 Aug 2023
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Calyx isn't as secure as GrapheneOS
It's a lot easier to install and more secure than not having anything. Good option for people who don't have a lot of skill in this area.
Is the phone still usable as it was before or are there apps/capabilities that won't work after the install?
There's restrictions
Bank apps may not work and wallet tends to just be random
Will the bank website work fine? I don't use the wallet.
Should do yeah
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Google : "i only spy through the web"
Me :
the reason they put so many cameras on phones is not for selfies
Guess it's a good thing my case has a slider that blocks the camera. They can tell where but not what. Though with mic they can probably tell what most of the time too for me, yay for spying on me watching cartoons and playing video games. Now that I typed it I realized how little had changed in 30 years, thankfully there's new of both to enjoy.
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Google spy through android as well
I use lineageOS because of this
I'll be switching to Lineage soon...
Google forced my manufacturer (Fairphone) to effectively 'disable' the fingerprint scanner from android 13 onwards for the FP3. Our Lineage fork reverted that Google mandated change thankfully
I'm sure not everyone will agree, but honestly, I kind of stopped caring too much. I've been using Instagram, Google, Android, Apple, and many other service providers for years and none seems to know a lot about me based on the stuff I see being advertised to me.
None of them seem to have figured out what languages I speak (I get a lot of language courses for English and German, but I'm native in both), what my education level is (I get a lot of 'study your bachelor or master here or there or online' despite having two master's degrees), where I really live (lots of British stuff always, but I live out of Europe), or what my hobbies are (lots of mobile games that I wouldn't touch with a stick).
Yeah, it seems they get the basics (I'm male, below 35, I am interested in educational stuff), but that could be anyone... And if I can use their services for tree for them to put me in a category with some 10M others, I'm kinda okay