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Unremovable Spyware on Samsung Devices Comes Pre-installed on Galaxy Series Devices
(cybersecuritynews.com)
Don't buy any Samsung devices, got it.
this post was submitted on 17 Nov 2025
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But what options are there for non tech savvy people. Apple isn't any better.
Fairphone or a Google Pixle (optional GraphenOS, ive had non-tech people install it with no issues)
I've got a Motorola, it probably still has spyware but at least it's cheap, durable, and has a decent battery.
This is Israeli spyware.
They own you.
I hate galaxy phones, they're build quality is so shitty and the prices are higher than a google pixel. Now they come with Israeli spyware? What other phones have spyware that I should know about?
I can't imagine the pixel is much better. I think the question you have should be inverted. What doesn't have spyware...
I believe the FairPhone is pretty solid.
Not as good, but Apple stuff is a big step up from Google and Samsung stuff wrt spying.
Zionist Spyware
Funny how they never mention where this comes from... The bullshit propaganda is strong in this article.
Its always the Zionists they see land, life, freedom, and people as something to be bought and sold.
With the past decades or so a phone has become a standard piece of equipment where it's virtually used everywhere, anytime. It is a complete disaster that those standards are not applied to what's deemed under the hood - all these companies are deemed to do anything they want to because nothing is standard.
Look where that got us - a duopoly where going against them is deemed "inescapable". It is disappointing how we even let this happen in the first place, the capitalists and fascists basically own us because of it.
All that got us is a standard thing tacked together by mystery tape and glue - hardware & software. Open source software and standards have barely any say here just because the fascists in rule decided so.
We need new OEM's made. Seriously we can't keep going like this. Any other good alternatives?
I hope that we someday have a Linux-based Steam Whistle from Valve, so that we have a phone that is actually ours.
I'd absolutely move to a steam machine in my pocket.
Gaben deserves a 14th yacht if he makes this ;)
Let's not wait. Let's collectively ask Valve to make that next
When my Graphene'd Pixel 7 goes out of support I'm switching to something Linux based even if I have to get a Raspberry Pi and a case and carry around a brick. My handbag's big enough.
I REALLY wanted to do a pi phone, and while it's very possible to make a working phone/tablet out of one, their power consumption is absolutely awful. Most of the linux capable SBC's can't do low power.
I want an 8" linux touch screen with 18h of moderate usage batter life, I'm even willing to carry around a separate 4g access point.
I found this. Its a Raspberry Pi in a brick case with a screen and a 4G modem.
Kinda funny that for all the downsides, the one that made me say oof was resistive touch.
Resistive pretty much requires a stylus to be usable with any accuracy. It's like going back to '90s era PDAs.
Furi's FLX1s seems like a valid alternative.
CM5s have 16GB of ram, some people might be building a postmarket os port for it too. Just need someone to design phone hardware for it.
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