Man... #Android
Ok, I have this love/hate relationship with #mobile #hardware. I... mostly ignore my #phone. I have an R8 and a #DAC and I ignore most of my phone calls. Since I've been using #LineageOS with no google apps for so long, I don't really care about banking apps or payment apps. I have plastic cards. Don't we all?
It's for this reason I was so ready to accept #Matrix and #XMPP, considering between them and #kdeconnect, I can continue any discussions on my desktop that I had on my phone, and mostly leave my phone behind, hell, even my steam deck.
So when it comes time that I probably, really, responsibly SHOULD upgrade my phone, I'm such a groaning old boomer about it, because I couldn't possibly care less about what phone I carry and I'm never ready to forcibly spend $300... again, for something I'll immediately hate, because Android hasn't gotten better since 2016 due to enshitty #google.
So, I think... this time, I've decided to just keep ignoring it. I carry a #Oneplus 7 pro, and I have a Oneplus 6 that's solid that I can use as a backup if the #OP7pro dies. Sure, there's the whole issue that maybe my device drivers have a bug that's been exploited by hackers at this point because #Lineage only updates Android, not firmware... but, really, even the companies you buy your phone from are maliciously #spying on you. Why should my care start at random hackers, but stop at everyone everyone else that fingerprints me?
The real use I have of my phone is my mom letting me know if she or the place we rent are in danger while I'm at work, or out and about, or if I get lost or mauled by a bear in the woods because my natural safe-place is a hiking trail. That's about it. Does it take decent photos? Don't care. Screen? Don't care. Performance? Don't care... to a point. Base, utilitarian performance is well and good. I'm not gaming on it.
I'm just so jaded with it all. Maybe I'll go #motorola this round so I can have a Lineage-capable phone that doesn't cost me much to have recent hardware.
>why don't you buy a Pix-
Because it pays #Google and I'm a cheapskate.
>...with an R8
Priorities...
Max - Poliverso 🇪🇺🇮🇹
in reply to 🔥 Firekeeper 🍁🍂 • •@🔥 Firekeeper 🍁🍂
You might be ready for a #Fairphone with/e/OS...
I'm not 100% sure it'll fit in your requirements but I'd give it a look. 😁
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🔥 Firekeeper 🍁🍂
in reply to Max - Poliverso 🇪🇺🇮🇹 • • •Fairphone ships google services by default, but at least they offer security updates for as long as they do.
That in-theory, mitigates the driver issue for longer, and the lower adoption rate would make the hardware a lower priority for hackers...
You might be onto something.
Max - Poliverso 🇪🇺🇮🇹
in reply to 🔥 Firekeeper 🍁🍂 • •@🔥 Firekeeper 🍁🍂
I was talking about Fairphone with /e/ OS.
That should be degoogled.
m0xEE
in reply to 🔥 Firekeeper 🍁🍂 • • •If you ever find yourself in need to deal with extremely sensitive information, you would likely use a separate device for that anyway — the one that doesn't hold your personal communication.
When your phone your phone is indeed a "key to your digital life" — every minor exploit poses a major threat, and no amount of security measures can fully mitigate the risk centralisation itself poses.
If what they can lay hands on taking over a phone that you carry with yourself everyday are a couple of Fediverse accounts — you can simply ignore the risks, access restored → passwords reset → done, no need to go through the humiliating process of dealing with Google or Apple, sending them a copy of your real ID, so you can restore access to a centralised account that many things might depend on.
They make people put more and more data into these accounts and then they have to introduce strict security measures even if in your particular case it makes no sense. No, I don't want to "improve the security" of my account and give you my address, my aunts maiden name and my phone number — what would they do if they gain access to my AppleID, download Orba that I got for free on a giveaway 15 years ago?