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Hi together,

I am still using an old Pixel 3a with DivestOS as kind of dumb phone - means I do not have any finance apps or password manager installed. Neither do I have stored any pictures nor sensitive data. I use it only for Signal, YouTube, Reddit and light web browsing.

I also have a Pixel 7a, which is used for anything else, but mostly kept in the drawer. I just prefer using the 3a for some reason.

I am really anxious about not receiving security updates even if I do not store sensitive data. Is keeping DivestOS for my use case safe? Or should I better switch to LineageOS, which still supports the 3a?

Is it possible to gift someone an app from the google play store without giving google all my info? Thanks.

I know it's a long shot, but is there any alternative for de-googled AR services?

Am I on the right path? Any advice would be appreciated ;)

In the last couple of months I’ve been recieving emails from companies with someone else’s personal details such as bank statements, bond applications, business registrations etc with my exact email address but I know very well I didn’t sign up for these things.

With further investigation, this person that I’ve been emails for has the same first name and last name (which is what I use for my gmail account), the only thing that’s different is their second name. For example my initials are FG and their initials are FS but our first and last names are exactly the same.

I’ve emailed the companies back tell them they have the wrong email address but it doesn’t help. At this stage I’ve had this email address for YEARS, I can’t change it now, I use it for so many of my personal accounts. Is there a way I can block other people from using my email address?

I don’t want to leave it then in future be linked to anything fraudulent.

PLEASE PLEASE URGENTLY ADVISE

Hi, checked my permissions, and SMS permission is used by Messages, Google Play Services and one hidden app which doesnt show even among system ones.

How do I figure out which is the third app that uses that permission? Thanks

After a simple eyes watch on Data safety from reddit play store, I realized, the app, because of which I ggot so many information and made(teached) me literally to do the impossible is collecting data more than any other apps. I am feeling very very :'( after realizing reddit is also one of other social media. Isn't there any true social media stuff besides reddit actually? Using the web-version, but still, the posts I click and everything are collected? And shared to the third party ffor advertising? Or knowing mass and other type of psychology for future purpose. Etc. What is your views :( ?

What does it use for and can I disable it? Thanks

Hello everyone,

I would like some advice regarding my Gmail inbox.

Since November I have started receiving hundreds of spam emails, every single day about 100-120 emails arrive, all 100% correctly filtered by Gmail but now I am starting to fear for the security of the account and I don't know if it is the case to change my email address directly.

The phenomenon continues without stopping, there was only a slight decrease, and then exploded again.

I have two-factor authentication active and I have not yet had any login attempts, but having never received even a single spam email, now this explosion makes me fear that something could happen in the future.

I have checked various accounts to which the email is associated but there have been no access violations.

Each associated account has a different password.

I have never given access to third parties to the account and only WhatsApp has access to drive to save the backup.

What do you recommend?

I really don't know whether to proceed with closing the mailbox, with all the inconveniences that this entails, or simply continue to empty the spam folder without interacting with the spam that arrives.

I await your opinion.

Thanks

I downloaded the app and it instantly fetched all the phone numbers from the Google Contacts app. Now I check the contacts details and I see they are saved in my gmail. There is no option of putting in another email. I created a new proton mail account yesterday. Is there a way to save the phone numbers to proton mail?

I can't find any options of import/export or fetching contacts from an email account

This is a game that i play but since i have disabled google play store it won't let me play the game.The only option i get is to close the app. How do i get pass this. Also some other apps such as the chatgpt app also have this restriction(i can use chatgpt from my browser but i would prefer the app)

So i trying to use infinity but have one question, the apps tells that i've to have a subscription, is this a paid service? Other question, can my data be stolen and sold like regular reddit when i'm loggin in infinity? Thanks in advance.

My current phone is mi 10t pro, so i have been using divest os to degoogle my phone.

As you all well know, divest os has been discontinued. Should i keep using it? Would there be any vulnerabilities considering that it will no longer receive security patches? If i were to jump ship, what os should i junp ship to?

Hey guys,question: anybody uses FMD from nulide (fdroid)? just degoogle and he is asking adm permissions but i'm scared and at the same time need something to track my phone and erase all in case of a stealling.

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I can't find any Rom for my Moto G Play 2024 can anyone point me into the right direction with degoogling this phone? I apologize if it's a dumb question

Which custom ROM do y'all use which is degoogled? And maybe the best? DivestOS is discontinued :'(.

Custom ROM I've this time:

• Lineage21 OS.

I’m in my Google account but I need to access my emails, I don’t have access to either phone numbers for recovery but it won’t give me the option for my recovery email which I do have access to. How can I get back into my account? I’ve tried to call Google but they just use ai and don’t let me speak with an actual person so they are no help at all.

So I know that Google keeps copies of everything that's done through it's websites and other info but what happens when you edit the content? Does it rewrite over the previous copies or just makes a new copy of the edit and stores that effectively storing all the edit logs? Contents like images, notes, docs, etc

And uh another question, what are the odds that the personal info of a random Jake is being read? Like Jake's emails, his photos etc? The population of Google users is kinda huge so I'd assume that not everyone's data is being read into?

So I used UAD ,great ,no google and bloat. But ,that resulted in not being able to sign in into apps or they in general just don't work ,for example :viber ,tiktok. The apps either open and close afterwards or just don't respond ,i kinda rushed with UAD. Please help me idk what package i unistalled that it stopped working.

i originally asked this question on r/privacy but sadly didnt get the results / help i was looking for.

the original post can be found here.

im looking for a privacy focussed Office Suite for my android phone. i dont really need an office suite for daily use, but i rather need it for niche situations and as a small qol app from time to time.

i allready asked around and the answers i got where that people just used Microsoft Office or Google Office for their phone, they didnt use their phones for such things, people reccomended me to use any note taking app or notepad app for this use and WPS office was reccomended.

sadly, WPS office is a data harvesting suite filled with ads and features locked behind a premium paywall / subscription.

things like Libreoffice and Only office, wich i also use on my laptop, are thankfully a thing on android.. but they are buggy, dont let you edit files and feel clunky to use.

after asking the question on r/privacy, i got told that both googles and microsofts office suites didnt work well if you kill internet access to them with things like Netguard or GrapheneOS. luckely, someone i know had GrapheneOS and tested the apps for me, and as expected they indeed didnt work.

the only other app that was recommended was Collabora, wich also felt clunky and i cant tell how private it is.

do you know any good office suite that is private? it doesnt need to be open source, but that would be nice for people that can actually read source codes (i cant).

if the office suite requires me to kill internet access for it, can someone help me with Netguard, because i dont know enough about it to use it.

thanks in advance and merry christmas

update: i ended up using Collabora, wich is an open source office suite for android (not sure about IOS)

Hey everyone,

As you might know, the Mull browser along with the whole DivestOS project have been discontinued. I’ve been using Mull for the past six months and was honestly shocked to hear it won’t be maintained anymore. It’s such a great browser, and I feel like it’d be a waste to let it just die.

So, I’m thinking about forking it to keep it alive. Of course, this isn’t something I can pull off alone—it’s going to take a lot of time, effort, and the right skills. That’s why I’m looking for others who care about this project and want to help out. If you’re interested, leave a commemt!

And hey, Merry Christmas!

If I de-Google and start using ProtonMail, but still send emails to people on Gmail, does Google still track or read my data?