I’ve had a Galaxy S22+ for 2 years and still want to use it. When I look up how to maximize privacy on Android, many results say to install custom ROMs which I can’t since its a US model and the bootloader is locked. I just want to minimize tracking and sharing of personal information. I could use a firewall app like RethinkDNS to block trackers, but could I completely block tracking from Google and Samsung? Are there any lists of packages to uninstall to improve privacy? (I’ve used ADB to remove a bunch of bloatware. Ex: pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.samsung.android.arzone)

  • Autonomous User@lemmy.worldEnglish
    712·
    2 months ago

    Just buy a new phone. Don’t waste your life micro-managing malware. Spend your time on making money to buy a new phone.

    Downvoted by broke bois but they ain’t finding privacy anytime soon

      • Facebones@reddthat.com
        5·
        2 months ago

        This is the thing that gets me about that level of user. I understand basic users who dont care prefering windows, but I always kind of found it amusing to watch people “Linux too hard booo CLI…now excuse me while I learn to manipulate the registry, and run scripts/disable certain things via the checks notes CLI.”

          • Facebones@reddthat.com
            4·
            2 months ago

            Eh, no use crying over spilt milk, youre here now. :) Linux is still stuck in a weird cultural hole, its not your fault it took a while.

            Ive always been familiar but a daily driver of windows. I started self hosting a year or two ago, and recently switched my office PC to Linux with a secondary win partition. Ive just never had issues with windows but I’m pretty tired of what they’ve been up too lately so for me it was time. Whenever I get around to grabbing another m.2 for my living room rig I’ll do the same for it.

        • TheTwelveYearOld@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
          2·
          2 months ago

          Are there actually Windows users that say Linux is too complicated but then jump through hoops with registry even CMD prompt?!

          • Facebones@reddthat.com
            1·
            2 months ago

            I can’t speak to how often, but it definitely happens.

            Its a perception thing, they see it as “I dont have to’learn’ anything I just follow these tutorials” even though a similar amount of effort would get them through the few commands they might need on Linux.

    • TheTwelveYearOld@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      1·
      2 months ago

      I’m not micromanage it, that may be a privacy tradeoff i make for convenience. I want to see what I can do without constant maintenance.