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Do older android devices spy on you less? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 2 months ago by unicornBro@sh.itjust.works to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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I need to use Google Android OS for work. If I use a Pixel 4, will it spy on me less than if I use something newer like a Pixel 9?

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[–] Neptr@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It is worse than the Google Pixel by a lot. Samsung loves spyware (looking at you you preloaded Israel spyware for phones in the middle east), and you still have the Google spyware too (Samsung+Google OS vs just Google). Pixel is pretty clean (compared to other certified Android devices). I used Universal-Android-Debloater-NG on a fresh Pixel 10 and there wasnt much to debloat (without compromising functionality). Avoid phone carriers when buying a phone, more spyware.

My recommendations: Buy a Pixel 9 or 10 (unlocked not from a carrier) and flash GrapheneOS. Way better than stock.

[–] Einskjaldi@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Samsung started permablocking any alternative os by just not having an unlock able bootloader at all

[–] Neptr@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 months ago

Idk how that relates to my comment at all. Yes that is true, part of the reason I'd never use a Samsung. UAD-ng can be used to debloat while keeping the stock OS.