Got a pixel? Check out calyxos, it’s a free system upgrade that rips out anything google but allows almost everything to work, even the play store and all your usual games and bank apps.
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mjr@infosec.pub 2 months ago
De-googled phones exist, but they’re rooted or using a custom firmware. Usually, these phones spoof Google Play Services, replacing that layer with something called MicroG.
So root and flash your phone today!
RubberElectrons@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Toasted_Breakfast@lemmy.today 2 months ago
Literally dead for now… Had chaos with leadership
RubberElectrons@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Soon of a bitch 😓
Akasazh@feddit.nl 2 months ago
I really hope one day these alternatives will run on non-Google devices. I really don’t want to give them money.
FosterMolasses@leminal.space 2 months ago
What moron is willingly still purchasing pixels? Might as well put a livefeed camera for Google HQ in your home lol
RubberElectrons@lemmy.world 2 months ago
If you tear out the parts that talk to Google, then the phone hardware isn’t spying on you. It’s just hardware.
The critical piece tying your phone to Google every 3 minutes is called “play services”.
Calyxos was an OS for the pixel hardware that replaced play services with a FOSS library (called microG) which tricked regular apps into thinking they were talking to and getting responses from Google, when it was actually all happening on your phone.
A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 2 months ago
Is that a quote from the article? I feel compelled to add that it is possible to survive (mobile device-wise) without Google Play Services.
protogen420@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
i dont bother spoofing google play services, all my apps work without it, infact you can just disable google play services on android phones stock rom (or at least that has been my experience so far) and thats what I have done, sure gmaps embed now doesnt work but i havent needed it, my bank app works fine, whatsapp will throw a random “please enable google play services” notification once day but it works fine without any issues