Hi! If you were to recommend a phone that could have basic apps like WhatsApp, twitter, mail… and so basic and primitive (I’m not technical some people call it I heard (preinstalled apps/spyware) ) that you wouldn’t need to worry about some advanced spyware on it what would you recommend. I have he…

I could on the pine phone use WhatsApp and twitter web version too?

If you want a secure device - Linux on the Pine Phone is pretty much the exact opposite of that. It’s really a tinkering platform for enthusiasts.

A) Ok thank you very much so I will Go with a pixel 4a with graphene os running these apps in a sandboxed google play environment and that should help not having mic gps camera exploited all the time… B) also with those laptops on the privacy shop is it a good idea if I install word and excel that…

Also I found this phone [image] Punkt. MC02 secure phone with Apostrophy OS - Punkt. MC02 The Punkt. MC02 phone, the best secure smartphone for intentional tech use, running Apostrophy OS to prioritise Swiss data sovereignty, security, and privacy. It does no…

[image] anon1373539: I will Go with a pixel 4a with graphene os These are the devices that Graphene OS currently support: Pixel 8a (akita) Pixel 8 Pro (husky) Pixel 8 (shiba) Pixel Fold (felix) Pixel Tablet (tangorpro) Pixel 7a (lynx) Pixel 7 Pro (cheetah) Pixel 7 (panther) Pixel 6a (bluej…

If you have to use Pixel 4a or already have one and dont want to buy another phone, you can use DivestOS instead rather than /e/OS. Flashing ROMs can get a bit complicated for the less tech inclined. I really would have you use something like an iPhone and reduce the risk of things going catastroph…

[image] anon73250778: Do take note that you void your warrantly when you flash a custom ROM on a new phone This highly depends on where you live. In EU you surely do not void warranty by doing that, although they might claim so. If you show them you know the law they usually back off, because…

note: DivestOS removes numerous proprietary carrier apps that may be necessary for select carriers. VoLTE didn’t automatically activate for AT&T in some areas and thus may not make calls.

This should fix that for many cases: Making sure you're not a bot!

thanks, can this be done for Oneplus 5 / 5T? and how to perform this? “Switch to CarrierConfig2 from GrapheneOS”

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anon63378630 October 6, 2024, 1:33pm 33

has some mediatek garbage that doesn’t even have mainline linux support. people need to stop promoting actual garbage, volla did the same shit.

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