Make change, take action, tell others and help them.
I used ADB and 100% degoogled my phone, I swapped out all the stock android apps for private opensource alts. I don't have any accounts on my phone. Never signed into email or anything. I also removed functionality for NFC, finger print scanning, and facial recognition. I have a toggle that disables all sensors.
I am walking around not sharing shit with the data brokers. I have a separate device for interacting with corporate world, it is walled off from everything else.
Also, syncthing can replace much of the functionality google offers with cloud/docs/pics. And KDEconnect is an air mouse/remote touchpad which is super awesome too. It will let you text from pc and can share all notifications and such.
We are opting in on data brokers and this invasion of privacy by accepting the terms of use. What I have expressed is a way to refuse those terms. I buy tech with a privacy requirement. Stock android or apple would be unacceptable as I believe proprietary accounts for the ability to use a device means that I do not have any control of it. I am not spending money on that.
Android debug bridge. It's a tool for app developers to debug their applications during development. Its also got a ton useful commands non developers can use as well.
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u/Jumping-Gazelle 7d ago
so done with this "always connected" stuff.