If you really care about your privacy, think about to not use stock Android. Instead consider an alternative that is based on Android, but stipping out all the Google and tracking from the operating system, such as "/e/" operating system (bad name): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki//e/_(operating_system) and https://e.foundation/e-os/

[–] Lemongrab@lemmy.one 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

/e/ is not very degoogled. DivestOS or GrapheneOS would be better choices, then maybe CalyxOS.

[–] thingsiplay@beehaw.org 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Why is /e/ not very degoogled? It is through and through.

[–] lemonuri@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

Here is a thorough analysis of /os's security and privacy.

https://www.kuketz-blog.de/e-datenschutzfreundlich-bedeutet-nicht-zwangslaeufig-sicher-custom-roms-teil6/

Tldnr: it's alright but but grapheme, divestos or calyxos should be preferred if those are available on your device.

Problematic seems the unique device id /e os generates and sends on every update and also security updates for the integrated webview browser have been severely out of date in the past.