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so Android is mostly developed by google so I assume it also sends a lot of data over to google. Is there an OS that's privacy respecting?

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

you can install tracker control or netGuard to see or block those connections

but it must be better to start with graphene, lineage or iodé as your base

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The problem I've found with NetGuard is you can't use it alongside your VPN

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

I wish more VPN apps had firewall settings built into it.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

AOSP-derived ROMs like LineageOS, Copperhead, GrapheneOS and Calyx are specifically developed as alternative android distributions that do not rely on Google to function

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

IMO Graphene is the only true option in this list, with Copperhead being aggressively sus given the history

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

Graphene is the best option but lineageos is also good and covers many devices. The con of lineageos is the lack of hardened security which graphene provides.