@privacy How to be private with google services and noroot.
I can’t disable google play services for a lot of reasons (school apps, UPI, etc). I have three main google apps enabled. Gservices, gmail+meet, gpay. I have replaced as much apps as possible. Any guide for being private for me?
You must log in or register to comment.
A place to discuss privacy and freedom in the digital world.
Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.
In this community everyone is welcome to post links and discuss topics related to privacy.
Some Rules
- Posting a link to a website containing tracking isn’t great, if contents of the website are behind a paywall maybe copy them into the post
- Don’t promote proprietary software
- Try to keep things on topic
- If you have a question, please try searching for previous discussions, maybe it has already been answered
- Reposts are fine, but should have at least a couple of weeks in between so that the post can reach a new audience
- Be nice :)
Related communities
Chat rooms
-
[Matrix/Element]Dead
much thanks to @gary_host_laptop for the logo design :)
- 0 users online
- 57 users / day
- 383 users / week
- 1.5K users / month
- 5.7K users / 6 months
- 1 subscriber
- 2.82K Posts
- 70.8K Comments
- Modlog
You might be able to get a large part of google functionality with a degoogled device running microG or something similar.
deleted by creator
deleted by creator
Get secondary device for private privacy stuff.
How to swim without getting wet without a websuit?
removed by mod
I just ran a test on my stock Pixel 8 Pro connected via Proton VPN:
I opened Firefox and searched DuckDuckGo for “pool heater”.
I scrolled down until I saw an Amazon link, then closed the tab and Firefox.
I opened the Amazon app. I scrolled through the “deals” on the app’s home page and did not see anything pool related at all.
I typed “pool” into the search slowly, to see if and when “pool heater” was suggested as a search. I typed in “pool” entirely, yet “pool heater” was never suggested.
I don’t know what that implies, but it seems like if I am using Firefox, DDG, and Proton VPN, Amazon isn’t monitoring my Internet searches.
removed by mod
It’s probably Google sharing that information with Amazon. Amazon isn’t actively spying on Google searches. I could be wrong though, but that is what Google “Ad Privacy” spyware is really about. To let Google share your interests with other companies.
Island work without root. It is based on a “work profile” feature of android devvices. It is not a complete privacy, but at least it allows to separate google apps from other apps.
https://f-droid.org/packages/com.oasisfeng.island.fdroid
Can’t gapps act as root on all profiles? I don’t think this buys you anything as long as gapps is installed.
I wonder how good it is compared to shelter
It is an interesting question… It seems to me I compared it and I chose Island. But I cannot remember why :D
UPD. I chose Island/Insular only because it is updated more frequently:
Take a look at this:
https://www.privacyguides.org/en/android/general-apps/
I also remember starting with island but changing to shelter because it supports app pausing without using a third party proprietary app to pause work apps