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Degoogling my phoone - Feeling like is too much trouble for the privacy (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hey guys, it's pretty much the tittle. I've been using Lineage with microg for a year now and despite using the majority of FOSS apps in my routine I still feel like I have to struggle to preserve my privacy and keep Google away from my data. Do you guys feel the same sometimes?

Every time I have to use a banking app is a pain ..I kept changing banks to the ones who I could use with Magisk but every app update breaks my setup and I have to find a workaround or change to another app. I just quit using banking apps and passed them all to the wife.Now even home brokers have been blocking me asking to use a "official android version"

Today even a government app we must use to get access to services and information started complaining about my play store.

I self host a nextcloud service on my old desktop that serves as a server but every now and then the updates crash something. Sharing calendar and notes is too complicated if you don't have a vps or a domain. I keep getting complains from the wife about how come I just don't use google keep and Google drive anymore.

After a year I'm starting to think that maybe my data is not worth the hassle just to keep big tech out of my digital life.. I guess Big Brother wins

What do you say? Am I too lazy or it is unpractical to stay away from big tech?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Dont root your phone

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

It breaks the security model. Instead flash a ROM that is AOSP based

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

I'm on unrooted lineage with mindthegapps / Google play services with my Google Services Framework ID registered with Google, but I still have to make 3 attempts to log in to my bank with the first 2 attempts always giving a vague error like "we're not sure why we couldn't connect", similar with fidelity. Using a password manager so I'm entering the same credentials every time.

(Edit: in the case of fidelity, instead of faking a connection issue it tells me my account is blocked and to call support to unblock it - that's also fake because I called once and they said my account wasn't locked and trying to log in a second time always works)

My understanding is that it's impossible to pass strong integrity unless you're using the stock unmodified rom with the bootloader locked.

I changed banks last week and the new bank (Aspiration) logs in fine the first time every time.

It sounds like the situation is better with graphene but I find it a lot easier to switch banks than roms.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Yeah I've switched 3 times already but every once in a while the app crashes or fails the integrity test and I note in the worse possible time..when I need to pay for something. Looks like the best alternative is to have a cheap android phone just to do banking.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Yeah I did that because of the banking apps issues so I've installed magisk. Looks like I made a mistake.