A few days ago we brought you word that Google was looking to crack down on “sideloaded” Android applications. That is, software packages installed from outside of the mobile operating …
  • gdog05@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 month ago

    I don’t know myself, but Graphene OS (on Google Pixel phones) has a pretty impressive sandbox layer for the play store and the apps it installs. It might be worth looking into if you’re not aware of it currently. (But if you’re aware of the Fairphone, I’m guessing you probably know about Graphene).

    • frank@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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      1 month ago

      I do, but as far as I was aware my Fairphone can’t run Graphene? I would love to keep using my Fairphone over buying Google’s hardware at this point

      • SecretSauces@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        1 month ago

        Then buy second-hand. You aren’t giving Google any of your money, and you can focus on increasing your privacy.

        • frank@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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          1 month ago

          Still, repairability is right up there with privacy for me, so I’m quite happy with the hardware right now