Privacy

33216 readers

265 users here now

A place to discuss privacy and freedom in the digital world.

Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

In this community everyone is welcome to post links and discuss topics related to privacy.

Some Rules

Posting a link to a website containing tracking isn't great, if contents of the website are behind a paywall maybe copy them into the post
Don't promote proprietary software
Try to keep things on topic
If you have a question, please try searching for previous discussions, maybe it has already been answered
Reposts are fine, but should have at least a couple of weeks in between so that the post can reach a new audience
Be nice :)

Related communities

much thanks to @gary_host_laptop for the logo design :)

founded 5 years ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

planning on buying a phone, what should I use for privacy? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

63 comments fedilink hide all child comments

I broke my phone a few months ago and I hadn't use a phone since I didn't need it until now. I'm willing to buy one that's around under 500$. I'm thinking of getting google pixel maybe, any recommendations?

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 years ago (43 children)

The GrapheneOS is the only good security solution on phones right now, so check their website for supported models.

Some time ago I bought Pixel 3XL (used, not new) for pretty good price, so I suppose your budget is OK for that

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 years ago (10 children)

security? well, do you know if there is any spyware or such like that in that phone? I don't use gapps

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 children)

You can say that for absolutely any phone/device in existence. As for Graphene, I've ran tcpdump on my router for a week against the device's IP and confirmed that it only talks to the documented default connections on their site.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 years ago (1 children)

cool. also a pixel?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 years ago (1 children)

Yes, Graphene is only officially supported on Pixels at this time.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 years ago (2 children)

I think I'll buy a pixel then, I'm a bit too cautious so can I ask which model pixel do you own?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 years ago

I run GrapheneOS on a Google Pixel 3 (secondhand). It's a nice phone - made sure to extract the GCamera app in order to keep the camera app that actually works to the cameras full potential.

Other than that I just want to express my red hot hatred for all established mobile OSes. Its all crapware.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 years ago (1 children)

I have a 4a, which is supported until fall 2023. The newer 5 model doesn't give you much more time.