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Re:Android phones are sending significant amount of user dat... by bennettnate5 on Tuesday October 12, 2021 @11:43AM (#28841136)
Definitely on this boat. CalyxOS feels like it strikes a good balance between security/privacy and practical usability--the locked bootloader and app-specific firewall options are a huge plus, while MicroG ensures that I can still use every app I used to with the old Pixel-specific OS without ceding all of my data to Google Play Services.

Invariably people bring up the signature spoofing needed for MicroG as some huge security hole, but from what I've seen it's really a non-issue--CalyxOS has tight restrictions to specifically allow only MicroG to use this, it's disabled for any other app.

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