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Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

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submitted 2 days ago by Newhere@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Hey dear smart community, I don't use any Google products or services over 3 years now. Always had android and used fdroid. No apps for banking ( cash lover). Osmand for maps. Extremely happy to find this app for socializing with like minded people. Now I feel time has come to upgrade privacy and security and custom ROM phone. I am considering if getting pixel8 and installing GOS. The only issue is,that I have 0 (ZERO) knowledge about how to do it. I have looked many videos and read on websites how to do it,but I am so afraid that I will not be able. I don't know if that is right to ask for assistance from people here,but I don't feel like I am capable of doing so. Plus,I have samsung which I would like to prepare and give my friend to use. Unfortunately, that person in immersed to Google world ( internet banking apps ect). Do you think LineageOS could give more protection and same smooth usage of phone ? I will appreciate any suggestions how to custom ROM phones. Best wishes to all.

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[–] hatingfedizen@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 day ago

My old Samsung phone died a month ago, and as much as I wanted to deGoogle, I made sacrificed that and bought a 2nd hand refurbished Pixel 8 for quite cheap. I would love to buy the Grapehene + Motorola phone but we have no idea when will they release it and at what price.

Even though they recommend using the web installer, I installed via CLI and it was easier than I expected, very little source of confusion: i think the only thing I was confused for a short moment is what other tools, beside android-tools, were necessary.

Before I started using it I had many doubts about profiles and sandboxing strategies (I still need to use WhatsApp and online banking unfortunately), but once I got started, 1 extra profile and a locked space was enough for what I needed and it was very easy to setup.