Yes. A Pixel Tablet was released recently. GrapheneOS (a good privacy-focused custom ROM) supports it too. And iirc the tablet supports USI2.0 stylus. But it’s 500$ US brand new

Yes, it is. I mean, GrapheneOS is the gold standard for privacy&security, but even stock Pixel is a good step up. Think of it like this: on stock Pixel, only Google is tracking you, not Google + Samsung, or Google + Xiaomi. Just Google. It’s guaranteed to be a step up from all other Android phones, stock or not.

Good take. IMO, lots of people in the privacy community need to hear this take.

Vanadium for when I need to log in and Cromite for daily browsing.

Nice, I got a renewed one from Amazon this year for $330. It was as good as new, no scratches whatsoever, battery health was at 99% and still had 3 months of warranty left.

It’s too expensive for me. Not worth it when a used Pixel is way cheaper, has way better hardware and has support for GrapheneOS.

I discovered privacyguides.net. good website.

GBoard is the one Google app I put in my owner profile. I’ve tried every recommendation I’ve seen and nothing else comes close to how good Gboard is.

GrapheneOS has a built in firewall but yeah anything that creates a firewall should work.

Try adding some blocklists, maybe the Hagezi ones. I remember NextDNS being quite good at that test.

The most used communication app in my country is a homegrown, bloated, tracker - ridden privacy invading nightmare that the government keeps pushing by making people use it for actual OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT BUSINESS. I bet they’re scanning everything in that app alright.

Such a good VPN for a really good price. I’ll definitely be renewing when the time comes.

90% on Vanadium (which has no ad blocker) + Mullvad VPN. Good enough.

LineageOS doesn’t claim to be Degoogled, and it isn’t so I think it would be an improvement, but a small one. It would remove the trackers your OEM has built into stock but that’s about it. It’s still phoning home to Google.

Man the modern internet is a privacy nightmare.