Lineage does not have any special privacy features besides not having gapps. You can use Microg for a balance between privacy and convenience.

Use aurora store and don’t login with any account. You will need the lineage for microg version or root to get it working

I’m not sure it does , however you could just change DNS to DNS.adguard.com for that :)

Np, Yea , unfortunately only one VPN at a time.

I like that they don’t foce apps on me , I’d rather install what I need myself. F-droid is not the best app as I see it. I use neo store so do not want extra bloat.

Regarding Firefox , you are either running chrome/vanadium or chrome/vanadium plus Firefox. Since webview. So what you have with Firefox is at best the in use browser features. Open a link in an app and you still use the webview. Firefox on android has it issues as well (sandboxing) . So 1+1 = 2 issues. Using a VPN / DNS with adblock makes ublock unnecessary.

I use GOS so built in firewall for just denying network permission, but there is also fake-VPN based ones that don’t require root.

https://f-droid.org/packages/eu.faircode.netguard/

Gboard and blocked network

Regarding email you can use k9 email and set it up with your Gmail.

Try the new stealth protocol. Never have any issues :)

Cloudflare can do it at least

Thing is it is very easy to get a signal account with a fake number, I have 3 different ones. My spare phone don’t have a sim or number, but do have signal. On my main phone I have one for each profile.

I use a simple bash script on my parents pc and schedule cup all -y with windows scheduler. No longer on call IT support :)

Windows AME

Thanks , yea that’s what I thought

Let me know more about the argument against VPN +tor

Bribes

Android auto needs basically root access and every privilege possible , and is a privacy nightmare. Perhaps it works on other ROMs if you have gapps insyltalled

Yea , I kind of just didn’t get into his rantings. GOS is still leagues ahead of anything else. Calyx comes in second. So shutter sound was something so bad you had to install open camera? And is no longer an issue. Just as that troubled troublesome dude. I really don’t give that much thought to stuff that doesn’t involve the actual OS. Rossman also likes the OS , you can have those things separated you know? The only time I had contact with micay was in the matrix chat , were I told him more or less to fuck off with his attitude regarding my questions so no I’m not a fan exactly.

Also worth noting there are banking apps and banking apps. The good ones don’t rely that heavy on Google. Those works for me fine , I have one shitty one in a separate profile with playstore on it to get it to work.

You can create a lot of different profiles , I am using 3 but I think it is like 8 max or something. My wife is using a GOS phone with all the bad apps she can find and there is never an issue. Maps for sure , wallet I don’t know.

You mean the guy that stepped down in march I believe it was? Shuttersounds was an android thing upstream I assume. GOS is leagues ahead of anything else.

org.thoughtcrime.securesms and I get mine from neo store /fdroid

Cromite and vanadium exist

Vanadium , in lack of that cromite. Do not understand the obsession over Firefox on android . All you do is add Firefox on top of chrome’s webview

I just sent a request to get all info they had on me and my car. Will be interesting

I found some good stuff there :)

• Aegis
• Altcoin Prices
• Amethyst
• AndStatus
• AntennaPod
• Audio Recorder
• Aurora Store
• Barinsta
• Bitcoin Wallet
• Book Reader
• Breezy Weather
• Briar
• BTC Map
• Call Recorder
• Camera
• CameraFileCopy
• Coinbase
• Compass
• Croc
• Currency
• DAVx⁵
• Draw
• DroidCam
• DuckDuckGo
• Easy xkcd
• Element
• Etar
• Eternity
• Exodus
• Feudal Tactics
• FluffyChat
• ForgetMeNot
• Freja
• FTP Server (Free)
• Gallery
• Gloomy Dungeons II
• Hypatia
• Imagepipe
• K-9 Mail
• KeePassDX
• KISS launcher
• LibreOffice Viewer
• LibreSpeed
• LibreTranslator
• List My Apps
• Location Share
• MyMonero for Android
• Neo Store
• NewPipe
• Nextcloud
• Ning
• Notes
• ObscuraCam
• Orbot
• OsmAnd~
• PCAPdroid
• PixelDroid
• Plexus
• Pocket Paint
• Private Location
• ProofMode
• Proton Calendar
• Proton Mail
• Proton VPN
• Ripple
• SBW
• Scrambled Exif
• SD Maid SE
• SecScanQR
• Share my number
• Share to Clipboard
• Shattered Pixel Dungeon
• SimplyTranslate Mobile
• Spider
• Spotube
• SuperTuxKart
• Survival Manual
• Syncthing
• TagInfo
• Talk
• Telegram FOSS
• Termux
• Thorium
• Torrent Client
• Tower Collector
• TPB Proxy
• Trail Sense
• Tusky
• twitlatte
• Unit Converter Ultimate
• VLC
• Voice Recorder
• WhatsApp Web To Go
• Wire
• WireGuard
• XDA Developers
• You Have Mail

List made using List My Apps Plus signal FOSS , several VPN apps etc…

No ,it’s just that the client app is old , targeting android 5. Good if you are using an old phone. But not so good if you are using a new. Higher SDK have tighter checks and limits. But a minor issue, I still recommend using one of the newer ones. Droidify or neostore. Also I think I read somewhere there is work going on to update the F-droid one as well. Edit read up on the article and yea it makes a good point on the SDK level. But yea a minor thing imo. Edit2 apparently it’s android 7

Neo store is my favourite. Yes there is another upside. F-droid targets old apk , android 5 , which is a issue , albeit small.

I use neo store it’s native non root installer (usually) manage to do one click install all updates.

There is . The F-droid app has issues since it’s targeting android 5 . Neo store and droidify are better that way, security wise

I use Neo store , used droidify before. Works great

DNS based exist such as DNS.adguard.com . But I use a good VPN with their own blocklists. No need for extra stuff.

Untill we get a gecko webview , you are using chromium based , whatever browser you are using. So yea the options are or use chromium or chromium plus Firefox.

Got the wife a grapheneOS pixel, she likes it and the adblock as well. But can’t let go of Facebook , Spotify ,WhatsApp etc. Small steps

Can confirm that a lot of good banking apps and other secure verification app works on graphene without Google. Some shittier banking apps still need the sandboxed Google play.

https://github.com/SolidHal/Build-GrapheneOS-Microg-AndroidAuto-Oriole-Raven I have a 3a but still.

So based on the issues above , and since I’m going the way of static websites , I will skip cloudflare.

The technical VPN/TOR issues are just a toggle on cloudflare. Not sure what default is though.

But ideologically I guess step away from them based on their monolithic influence. I guess any options for a proper WAF is paying or selfhosting. Neither in my interest . But correct headers and security setting should be enough.