Ephera@lemmy.ml to Open Source@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 months agoWhat's up with FUTO?drewdevault.comexternal-linkmessage-square85linkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
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minus-squarekrolden@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·3 months agoJust use Gboard and block any google telemetry
minus-squareMotoAsh@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoGood luck with that on anything that has a locked boot loader or stock OS.
minus-squarekrolden@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoJust use wireguard and block all connections that aren’t going over VPN. Ezpz Also if you’re on a stock device then you’re already feeding them plenty of data
minus-squareMotoAsh@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoUsing a VPN does absolutely nothing to protect from their apps scraping up and phoning home telemetry. It’s still YOUR phone. It’s still YOUR GPS location. It’s still YOUR data connection. A VPN is not a catch-all solution to privacy.
minus-squarekrolden@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoVPN to your box somewhere else with proper filtering. I figured that was obvious
minus-squareMotoAsh@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoThat’s literally not how VPNs work nor are you aware of what you’re talking about.
minus-squareCaptain Beyond@linkage.ds8.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoBlocking internet access doesn’t magically turn proprietary software into free software.
Just use Gboard and block any google telemetry
Good luck with that on anything that has a locked boot loader or stock OS.
Just use wireguard and block all connections that aren’t going over VPN. Ezpz
Also if you’re on a stock device then you’re already feeding them plenty of data
Using a VPN does absolutely nothing to protect from their apps scraping up and phoning home telemetry.
It’s still YOUR phone. It’s still YOUR GPS location. It’s still YOUR data connection. A VPN is not a catch-all solution to privacy.
VPN to your box somewhere else with proper filtering.
I figured that was obvious
That’s literally not how VPNs work nor are you aware of what you’re talking about.
Blocking internet access doesn’t magically turn proprietary software into free software.