Qualcomm chip secretly send personal data

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The very word 'privacy' has become a big joke.

This data is sent without user consent, unencrypted, and even when using a Google-free Android distribution. This is possible because the Qualcomm chipset itself sends the data, circumventing any potential Android operating system setting and protection mechanisms

https://www.nitrokey.com/news/2023/smartphones-popular-qualcomm-chip-secretly-share-private-information-us-chip-maker

[Etern4l]

Thanks. BTW any thoughts on degoogled phones? GrapheneOS looks interesting. 

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On 4/26/2023 at 6:39 PM, Etern4l said:

BTW any thoughts on degoogled phones?

Have accepted that is more or less inevitable to keep some gstuff running (alt. enabling\disabling according to circumstances).
Need bank apps with no trouble (f.ex. can't even think about using bank apk's not from gplay), & some apps won't work wo gstuff running etc.

But am controlling as much as possible wo making things cumbersome, feeling of having a good balance between (some) privacy \ usefullness. See

[Etern4l]

GrepheneOS supports sandboxed GooglePlay, but yeah, in general it does seem a bit risky to run banking stuff in this manner. In theory it's open source and audited, but...

[Reciever]

20 hours ago, Etern4l said:

GrepheneOS supports sandboxed GooglePlay, but yeah, in general it does seem a bit risky to run banking stuff in this manner. In theory it's open source and audited, but...

I think maybe today I will try putting GrapheneOS on my 7 Pro. I used to always put Custom Rom's on my phones and have been gutted that the scene seems to have mostly fizzled out. Unless of course I just dont know where to find that stuff anymore

[Etern4l]

4 hours ago, Reciever said:

I think maybe today I will try putting GrapheneOS on my 7 Pro. I used to always put Custom Rom's on my phones and have been gutted that the scene seems to have mostly fizzled out. Unless of course I just dont know where to find that stuff anymore

 

Cool, please do share how it goes if you do, trying to decide between a Pixel I guess, or a fallback to iPhone. I haven't found any negative reviews or opinions about the former. I think one could build it from source if the pre-built package is a concern.

 

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15 hours ago, Etern4l said:

Cool, please do share how it goes if you do, trying to decide between a Pixel I guess, or a fallback to iPhone

 

If you're concerned about privacy then Android certainly gives you more headroom to disable various "features" (not w/o root in most cases of course) as compared to iOS.

As for GrapheneOS in particular, it does look very interesting from what I read about it. Haven't tried it myself though, but it's on my list.

With this in mind, I'd definitely go with pixel + grapheneos (or even if graphene doesn't end up being to your liking, just go with any other android OS that let's you do what you want with your device)

[Etern4l]

3 hours ago, serpro69 said:

 

If you're concerned about privacy then Android certainly gives you more headroom to disable various "features" (not w/o root in most cases of course) as compared to iOS.

As for GrapheneOS in particular, it does look very interesting from what I read about it. Haven't tried it myself though, but it's on my list.

With this in mind, I'd definitely go with pixel + grapheneos (or even if graphene doesn't end up being to your liking, just go with any other android OS that let's you do what you want with your device)

 

Yeah. The problem with Pixel is that it's a bit of a weird step in terms of more aggressive degoogling, and sadly GrapheneOS doesn't support anything else.

As for the GrapheneOS, a lot of people seem interested, but it's harder to find any remotely trustworthy testimonials.