Privacy on a non-degoogled Android device is non existent. Just because only Google gets to munch on your data doesn't equal privacy.
this post was submitted on 16 Aug 2023
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This meme is brought to you by someone who has no clue what iOS can do.
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IOS has DNS profiles.
For wifi, I was pleasantly surprised that I could set a custom DNS on iOS while still using DHCP for other settings. Can only set DNS on Android if I use manual IP (or just use Wireguard).
Edit: not true, Android can have custom DNS with DHCP, see below.
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The operating system that Google created to collect your data is secure? Not unless you get rid of all the Google services.
Don't confuse privacy and security. Android is a very secure system.
Android is AOSP, it has no Google at all. Don't confuse OEM ROMs and Android Open Source Project. As someone with GrapheneOS I can only laugh when someone calls iOS more private
I don't confuse anything. All flavours of Android are secure systems, but that doesn't mean they're all private.
I definitely agree with you that Graphene is more private than iOS, which is probably more private than most OEM Android systems out there.
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true, but most think of oem roms when they here android
When I hear Android, I think of Android. And that word encompasses everything imo. That's how most people use the word in my experience.
If someone means AOSP specifically, they'll say AOSP
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Android is a very secure system
Except for the ridiculously powerful permissions you need to give most system-type apps in order for them to function (i.e. read and paint over all screen content) because the accessibility APIs are shit, and password manager APIs too fragmented to be useful.
Sometimes the policy of “you will use our API and you will be happy” is actually beneficial for users.
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The whiplash between posts on Lemmy is so great.
Everyone seems to hate google and how invasive they are while simultaneously simping for google’s mobile OS
This shit is so stupid.
If one person believes one thing and another person believes the opposite, that doesn't mean they're hypocrites. That means there isn't a consensus. Besides, android can be better than iOS and deserving of criticism at the same time.
Or maybe people hate Google ruining the internet AND realise that iOS is still much worse than Android? The two things are in no way mutually exclusive unless you view the world as a tribal binary.
Android can be whatever a dedicated community wants it to be, since it's open source at its AOSP core.
I love AOSP, but I hate what Google does with it. Or most other manufacturers, for that matter.
Chromium is open source, too, but so many projects putting all their eggs in the same basket gives Google carte blanche to push any standard they want as a new de-facto standard before the rest of us can decide on whether it's ready or needs changes or is just bad.
If you can't or don't want to root the phone and install your own de-Googled Android rom then you could get an Android phone designed for mainland China, which will come with all of the Google stuff already removed.
Because I’d trust anything Chinese/for China more than I’d trust google.
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does changing ur os void ur warranty?
Ehhh, technically but its hard for them to tell if your able to switch back before turning it in. And if it doesn't boot then well... It's not going to be much of an issue then. Also it is a bit legally grey if companies can void you warrenty solely for installing a custom ROM.
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This is such a brain dead take. You cannot compare an OS from one developer to a device from another unspecified manufacturer with no context. No one would claim that a Samsung phone is more private than an iPhone, regardless of the "potential" in the context of degoogling, or the niche privacy switch that's present on less than 1/10,000 Android devices sold.
Yeah its much more fair to compare pixel devices to iphones. And it still matters if you install a custom rom onto it or not. In my use case yes a pixel is more secure but a lot of people who just go with the out if the box experience may be safer with apple.
You can't even install DNS66 from the play store because Google bans apps that block ads. This meme is way off the mark and I'm and android fanboy.
If you are a android user that thinks the only source of apps is google play store, you aren't a real android user
You can still install it from fdroid or github. And there's an alternative called PersonalDNSFilter if you really wanted an app from the play store.
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Regular Android < iOS < Custom ROM
Stock android ain't to bad
It’s almost impossible to buy a phone with plain android on it. Google’s version on the pixel is nice to use, but a privacy nightmare
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Button to disable all sensors? Which phone has this?
My phone has it.
And how can we be sure it's doing what it says? It's software, on most phones you don't control software that is running above apps layer.
Especially if it's straight out of China. I just kicked back a fake 11 tablet that was actually 7. The OP advice is only useful if you're running a rom that you can at least audit the source of.
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