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[-] rovingspeakey@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Is there a phone we can actually use without our data being harvested? (Genuine question).

[-] Kidplayer_666@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

Well, pinephone, probably. You can also just get a custom android ROM and use MicroG instead of actual Google services and that should do the trick

[-] codebam@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago

you’d probably be better off with sandboxed play services on grapheneos

[-] Kidplayer_666@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Not everyone wants to go the pixel route

[-] rovingspeakey@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Thank you, will have a look into that!

[-] qwertyqwertyqwerty@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

No. Even if the phone itself doesn't track a single thing, your carrier will still track your phone's location and whatever other data they can get.

[-] deweydecibel@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

That wasn't what they asked. Obviously the carrier can do shit but that's a separate issue with different solutions. That doesn't mean we shouldn't care about the phone itself.

[-] qwertyqwertyqwerty@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I took it as "Is there a phone we can actually use without [any] data being harvested?", in which case my point stands, but I also understand your point as well.

[-] rovingspeakey@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Both are issues, I agree. I think the phone we use is what we have the most control over though which is why I’d like to have a phone which is as good as I can get privacy-wise. (And any insight on what that phone/set-up would be, hence the question!)

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