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Re:Apple dropped plan for encrypting backups after FBI compl... by berkes on Tuesday January 21, 2020 @01:21PM (#22109733)
I'd argue that Android, without the Google stuff, is still the best option if you care about privacy and security.

This is not accessible for average Joe, but I'm pretty certain the majority of readers here can use the tools to load an alternative ROM. That you can enable and use F-droid just fine. And are knowledgeable enough to know what apps to avoid.

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Re:Apple dropped plan for encrypting backups after FBI compl... by michel-slm on Tuesday January 21, 2020 @07:43PM (#22113421)
Ironically, the best phones to do that are Google's own Pixels - to give credit where it's due, at least the phones have unlockable bootloaders (unless you buy the Verizon variants).

eg GrapheneOS currently only supports Pixel 2, 3 and 3a:

https://grapheneos.org/releases

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