• @Fuck_u_spez_@lemmy.worldOP
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      Almost an oxymoron at this point but it’s free with a Pixel phone so I had to at least try it and see how bad it is. Privacy issues aside… it’s down all the damn time.

        • @Pantherina@feddit.de
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          Yeah remove that Pixel bullshit and install GrapheneOS please.

          Use MullvadVPN or anything else with an actual FOSS app.

        • ☭ SaltyIceteaMaker ☭
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          Same for me. First thing i did after buying a pixel was install GrapheneOS. However i felt like it was to locked down in the name of security so i switched to rooted lineageOS

          • Could you explain what you didn’t like about Graphene in detail?

            Do you run Google services on Lineage? The last time I read about it, it was a massive pain with LSPosed and a bunch of modules.

            • ☭ SaltyIceteaMaker ☭
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              I don’t run google services but afaik there is just an extra zip called “gapps.zip” that you flash after lineage itself

              My problem was a lack of freedom: i couldn’t change some settings that i wanted and also i couldn’t give gadget bridge the necessary permissions to function properly. I need gadget bridge for my pine time smart watch

              • @HumanPerson@sh.itjust.works
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                I use gadgetbridge on grapheneos with my pinetime. You need to enable restricted settings for gadgetbridge which is annoying but then it works.

              • Are you running the version of Lineage with GMS installed, perchance? Lineage doesn’t bundle GMS by default which makes it somewhat painful to get things working (especially since SafetyNet is deprecated, that was the last technology I had read about a while back).

                Thanks for the input on Graphene

                • ☭ SaltyIceteaMaker ☭
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                  Currently im not using any google services except vanced microg i currently plan on using the proper microg to get google play working. Afaik there is a “LineageOS for MicroG” but not sure wether that’s official or even up to date.

                  Also “you can’t just say perchance!”

    • @Fuck_u_spez_@lemmy.worldOP
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      I agree. PIA is the only one I actually paid for and the one I’ve used the least. They’re only still on the list because I bought a 5 year block of time over 4 years ago when they had some big black Friday deal, so their app will soon be uninstalled. The rest are free or trials that I’ve been evaluating for performance. Thanks for the article, though.

        • @Fuck_u_spez_@lemmy.worldOP
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          202 years ago

          A friend and former colleague in the IT industry recommended them to me so I gave some extra weight to his opinion. Then he lost like ten grand USD in Bitcoin because he left a (default) port forwarded to a VNC server in his house, open to the public and only protected by a known compromised password… and after that I stopped listening to anything he had to say about security.

    • AJMaxwell
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      TIL. I’ve been using PIA for years, looks like I’m going to cancel now.

    • @Fuck_u_spez_@lemmy.worldOP
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      Just the stock Pixel 7 ROM, sadly. I’m testing Graphene on my Pixel 6 and probably installing it on the 7 soon. There’s no actual privacy in this shitpost of a screenshot.

  • Anna
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    You should use spottube it doesn’t require an account. Right now even if you switch VPN Spotify will know it is still you since you logged in.