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Re:Xiaomi becomes number two smartphone vendor for first tim... by yorwba on Sunday July 18, 2021 @05:57AM (#27871795)
Just install LineageOS on it and have nobody spy on you: https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/#xiaomi
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Re:Xiaomi becomes number two smartphone vendor for first tim... by jcynix on Sunday July 18, 2021 @07:10AM (#27872061)
How does LineageOS stop the "little black box" which handles GSM/UTMS/etc traffic from spying on you? Or your telecom provider from tracking you?

Don't get me wrong, I like these free OS versions, but while I could teach my wife, my mother in law etc to manage Netguard, I couldn't teach them to handle Lineage, f-Droid all by themselves.

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Re:Xiaomi becomes number two smartphone vendor for first tim... by lmm on Sunday July 18, 2021 @07:46AM (#27872169)
> How does LineageOS stop the "little black box" which handles GSM/UTMS/etc traffic from spying on you?

Is that part even made by Xiaomi?

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Re:Xiaomi becomes number two smartphone vendor for first tim... by swiley on Sunday July 18, 2021 @08:17AM (#27872297)
Usually its made by Qualcomm.
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Re:Xiaomi becomes number two smartphone vendor for first tim... by gadf on Sunday July 18, 2021 @06:33AM (#27871920)
Just install ANOM

or Telegram

Or Signal

And have nobody spy on you

"Trust me, I'm Italian."

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