I broke my phone a few months ago and I hadn’t use a phone since I didn’t need it until now. I’m willing to buy one that’s around under 500$. I’m thinking of getting google pixel maybe, any recommendations?

  • ugh... lo!@lemmy.ml
    53·
    4 years ago

    Privacy can be controlled on application level, but there are a lot of system stuff that user can’t change and the best solution for system is GrapheneOS in terms of security, as I said in first comment.

    Google is evil, no question about that, but Google is just a brand / label on the phone. Ironically, but most secure and privacy-friendly phone is Google Pixel without Google

    As for privacy, any phone capable of running lineageos is fine, but lacks security

      • ugh... lo!@lemmy.ml
        22·
        4 years ago

        OK, has any xiaomi phone audited by anybody?

        What about proprietary hardware of all other vendors?

        I’m not trying to say that pixel is perfect or something, I think whole mobile market is a proprietary shit, tbh. But you need phone anyway, so IMT just trying to tell that pixel smells less that xiaomi, Asus or anything else

          • ugh... lo!@lemmy.ml
            3·
            4 years ago

            I’m not from USA and “cultism” is not for me, I’m enthusiast of open source and don’t trust proprietary software and hardware. Sadly, but there is no 100% hardware ready for end-users, so I’m just trying to find a balance.

            Btw, any device has proprietary “security” components, so it’s all about “smells less”, not " trusted one".

            My own opinion - GrapheneOS is good one, using it on Pixel devices is a trade-off.

            Anyway, that thread comes to holywar and I don’t want to take part in it, my arguments and thoughts you can find in comments above, if you disagree with them - OK, I’m fine with it. Just shared my thoughts