I couldnāt imaging living a life of paranoia like some of you guys here. Like is privacy really worth all the hassle and lack of convenience? I just donāt get it really
1 Like
Nahā¦ I think itās good. Consumers define the market at the end of the day. I donāt like what they are doing. Good enough reason for me. 
4 Likes
Youāre wrong here itās the most vital and not minor part actually, because it collects the most important thing - your actual identification:
-
Once you insert SIM card - youāre forever linked your device IMEI / IMSI unique numbers to your actual government ID.
-
Government already knows your ID and exactly who you are and likely everything about your personal life (because all the usual privacy violators share all the data with 3rd parties for cash), so by combining it with geolocation theyāll know exactly who and where you are.
-
Combined with all the other spyware, GSM and Wi-Fi triangulation, Bluetooth-LE on most phones, except GrapheneOS where you can actually kill it - theyāll know your exact position to an inch.
-
Now imagine if youāre also an absolute normie who uses social networks and proprietary software at the same time with everything iāve mentioned aboveā¦basically itās glowing agent inside your pocket 24/7.
My point is - all that data without SIM card / IMEI /IMSI leaks - is not really much to anyone.
So yeah, even if letās say you use āold lookingā burner phones without being smart about it - you will get immediately burned by just inserting SIM inside it, besides new āold lookingā phones have even more spyware baked in them, than Android / iPhone (which i find surprising, but not really 
)
Well you actually donāt have to live a life of paranoia with GrapheneOS, itās very easy to use.
And yeah, privacy really worth itā¦all that convenience vs privacy is a propaganda false dichotomy.
If you know the implications of loosing privacy - itās like being constantly rapedā¦is it really as convenient therefore?
Maybe for some people it is, i donāt know.
2 Likes
Exactlyā¦ Like why the heck do I need it, in my phone. LOL.
1 Like
Love my GOS. Once you get the hang of how profiles work and the sandboxing it isnāt hard to use at all
4 Likes
Iād say itās absolutely worth it, and it can be fun. For example, since recently Iām leaving my phone at home when Iām at the office, which means my GPS cannot be tracked while travelling and bluetooth beacons etc arenāt getting any signals from me. Feels pretty good.
1 Like
What type of phone do you have? I degoogled completely with my Pixel phone using CalyxOS. I kick myself for having not done this years ago. Not only did it extend the life of my phone via adding updates and such, but I am free of all of Googleās tracking code from the backend, playstore, location service, etc. If you have the right phone, I highly recommend.
3 Likes
Aināt that just greatā¦
4 Likes
3 Likes
Kudos to AMD yet again!
7 Likes
I have a ZTE Blade A52 Lite, it seems to have a fairly stock rom since most of the google apps can be uninstalled or disabled. I also have a Vivo Y1S, but that has a Vivo customized rom.
Iāve heard of it about 6 years ago or somethingā¦used by nation-states exclusively back then.
Oouf.
3 Likes
5 Likes
A comprehensive rant. Thank Gawd for Linux.
7 Likes
Like we hadnāt enough reasons to use ad-blockers already
5 Likes
5 Likes
4 Likes
Its the Gamers fault really! THEY ARENāT CONSUMING HARD ENOUGH!!!
CONSUME HARDER!!!
( this comment has been brought to you by ā¦ . use the code SARCASM for 1% discount )
9 Likes
Thx, 1% - thatās very kind of you!
5 Likes