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Some other simple things

8. Disable google advertising ID in phone settings

9. Install F-Droid where you can discover many FLOSS apps deliberately not published on google play

10. Switch from a fingerprint to a pin (added bonus that police in several countries can legally force your thumb onto your phone but cant legally force you to give up a pin)

11. Switch from google notification servers to something else like microg and/or set notifications to not display message content or at least not display message content when the phone is locked (Im pretty sure all that can be done from notification settings)

12. Switch from googles keyboard app to an open source alternative from f-droid (google has been fined millions before for illegally and secretly tracking geolocation it wouldnt surprise me if they do the same with keystrokes, and also mic and camera)

13. There's a bunch of other phone-home features spread across the settings but mostly under privacy category and accessibility category that you might want to turn off if you have no use for

#Google #Android #Privacy #PSA #FLOSS #FDroid #Advertising #Microg


nice. But I'm still searching for an app that explicitly queries the none free Google play services location api. My #microG is no system app and can't register as system location provider.


Today is official launch for NGI #Mobifree, an initiative to develop ethical mobile software - and #microG is part of it.

Together with projects like @e_mydata and @delta, we aim to tackle the issues that come from Big Tech companies dominating the industry, with support from researchers from @waag and others and funding from @EC_NGI

And if you are a developer that wants to contribute to this goal, there is funding for you as well via nlnet.nl/mobifree/, thanks to our friends at @NGIZero




#microG Services Core v0.2.25.223616 was just released 🎉

Beside the usual set of improvements and fixes to keep compatible with Play Services, this release adds support for the Fido API to use U2F and Fido 2nd factor devices like Yubikey via Chromium and Firefox WebAuthn API and an updated set of client libraries to make it easier for existing apps to become fully free software. Check the release notes for more details.

Release notes: github.com/microg/GmsCore/rele…
Download: microg.org/download.html


#microG Services Core v0.2.24.214816 is now available via the usual channels.

This release includes an important fix for a bug in the Exposure Notifications implementation. If you are using any apps that use the Exposure Notification system, make sure to update microG ASAP.

Release notes: github.com/microg/GmsCore/rele…
Download: microg.org/download.html