Microsoft and Google may have to surrender people’s data to Saudi Arabia after signing huge deals there::Saudi Arabia is seeking to be an innovation hub, but activists are warning that tech firms could be complicit in the repression of dissidents.
Microsoft and Google may have to surrender people’s data to Saudi Arabia after signing huge deals there::Saudi Arabia is seeking to be an innovation hub, but activists are warning that tech firms could be complicit in the repression of dissidents.
I can’t believe I might go to Linux. It looks more appealing all the time.
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What are phone options?
I think fairphone has support for a foss os out of the box, other brands will take some more work and jailbreaking to get it working.
https://itsfoss.com/open-source-alternatives-android/
Ribbit
You can go with a degoogled phone. Basic Android with Google services tracking you. Or a pine phone, which is nit a full replacement yet
Landline!
And dumb phones
I do like me some Google maps. Wait, dammit. Well I do know about openmaps.
People who really care send encrypted messages hidden in needlepoint pieces.
Unfortunately none, unless you can install /e/ custom rom on your phone
I did once on a nexus 5. It was a pain in the ass, but it can be done. What phones are easier to get root access (is that the proper term? Idk. I think in Canada they can’t be carrier locked.)
https://doc.e.foundation/devices/ and https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/
Carrier locked != Locked bootloader
One keeps you tied to a single carrier, the other allows you to access the bootloader to load custom ROMs