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What is the truly "private" Mobile OS?
| ... Why does android not count? Take a look at CopperheadOS for example. You don't have to install google software on your phone if you don't want to. o.o
| Nowadays hardware and software are very closely designed to fit one another when it comes to embedded devices, which the smartphones are. It is not the same as generic computers where parts are modular and exchangable, communicating via a well defined interface. It is all SoC today and no two are the same, which introduce many small differences, resulting in difficulties to produce generic systems, tieing the os more closely to the hardware manufacturer.
| LiteageOS without gapps is basicly the most private you can get now.
| Blackberry os
| CopperheadOS, then Replicant, then LineageOS without Google apps (gapps).
| Blackberry 10 OS
| what is this?
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| Purism
| Any particular reason why my LG G2 isn't supported by any of these except LineageOS? Can LineageOS still be trusted because of that?
| there are no such a private os……
| >>237563 LineageOS is the direct successor of the discontinued Cyanogenmod OS, which, in its time was the most popular aftermarket Android ROM and had much more officially supported devices than Lineage has right now. Replicant is a fork of Cyanogenmod with a particular focus on FSF-style sofware freedom. It has very few supported devices (that are relatively old).
| >>237563 CopperheadOS supports even fewer devices, in fact, only select models of Google Nexus and Pixel devices.
| >>237563 I'd say LineageOS is more trustworthy than your stock OS. It's one of the most trustworthy custom ROM (probably only behind Copperhead and Replicant)
| >>237845 thank you, I'll do the switch during the weekend.. do you know if openvpn is compatible? Asking for a friend..
| >>238783 I haven't tried it. But OpenVPN is available from F-Droid which will very likely be your source of apps if you choose not to install gapps (which include the Play Store).
| If you want to be private you can still use android with other apps to hide your id i can recommend you some if you want.
| freedos on a tandy?
| I put my money on Sailfish/MeeGo, which is a full blown GNU/Linux distro for mobile. Although your privacy is dead the second you pop in a SIM card.
| >>240263 pretty impractical though. What would you need? like a nokia n900 for meego or a sony xperia Z for sailfish or something?
| A custom android ideally based only on open source components with no gapps and gplay services is potentially the most privacy aware mobile OS you can get for daily use on usual smartphones. The biggest problem are proprietary drivers that may be necessary to get the full functionality of your phone. Integrating them in your ROM may open backdors, intentional or unintentional, that only the driver developer (usually the producer of the hardware) can close (if he wants it at least).
| >>240748
Oh beside this, privacy also depends on which apps and services you use and what kind of permissions you give them. Ideally you only use open source apps and host your services either by yourself or use them only with strong end-to-end encryption. Example:
Email can be secure with any provider if using pgp e.g. with km9mail and openkeychain. This of course means that the other sides have to do similiar.
| >>f43563
I have to agree with you this is the best way but you want some more "gadget" lets say that helps doing all that if you are not a programmer.
| This is a great thread. Thanks g/u/rls.
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| Android doesn't count