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Re:A Revolution in Your Pocket by FerretFred on Wednesday May 22, 2019 @07:22AM (#19979948)
This article really resonated with me. I rarely use my Android phone for talking to people, and the apps and setup are geared to getting work done securely and with as much privacy as possible. I seem to spend a lot of time tweaking settings to stop Google trying to run my life and monitoring me. Overall, I have a good experience but I really wish I didn't have to keep fighting my phone!

What would really make a difference (to me at least) would be a libre phone/OS. Yes, I know these are available but I can't afford them. What we need is a freedom-minded philanthropist to step in and Save The World. Once we have a more private phone then surely privacy-designed systems could flourish, as the author describes. If that happened I'd be there like a bear!

Re:A Revolution in Your Pocket by kasbah on Wednesday May 22, 2019 @07:32AM (#19979990)
I would suggest installing LineageOS on a supported phone and not installing any of the proprietary Google apps (play services, maps etc). I have been doing that for a number of years.

https://lineageos.org/

Re:A Revolution in Your Pocket by paulcarroty on Wednesday May 22, 2019 @07:54AM (#19980142)
LineageOS still use Google services, even without preinstalled google apps.
Re:A Revolution in Your Pocket by kasbah on Wednesday May 22, 2019 @08:01AM (#19980188)
Which ones, do you have a link where I can read more about it?
Re:A Revolution in Your Pocket by paulcarroty on Wednesday May 22, 2019 @12:57PM (#19983092)
DNS, connectivity checks, etc