In 2025, Google gave Amandla Thomas-Johnson's data to ICE without giving him the chance to challenge the subpoena, breaking a nearly decade-long promise to notify users before handing their data to law enforcement.
Why do you say that? This story doesn’t say anything about sanboxed play services. If you’re using actual google account even with sandobxed play services you’re obviously handing over your data to Google. If you’re not logged in how using sandboxed play services a problem?
Anybody got a good walkthrough on how to degoogle an android phone? The thing is half broken without a google account. (ok, aptoide and f-droid help for starters)
You need to install GrapheneOS, /e/, iode or Lineage OS (people will tell you only Graphene OS is truly private but that’s not true). After that simply never log in with your google account. Use only apps that don’t require google account. Aurora is a Play Store client that works without google account.
Time to de-google my phone again. Seems using sandboxed play services is not enough.
Why do you say that? This story doesn’t say anything about sanboxed play services. If you’re using actual google account even with sandobxed play services you’re obviously handing over your data to Google. If you’re not logged in how using sandboxed play services a problem?
I say this because the threat from google just went from “Ad-related surveillance capitalism” to “supplying Data to fascist Regimes to hunt you down”
Yes, but why using sandboxed play services is not enough? What identifiable data are you leaking? Especially with VPN.
Anybody got a good walkthrough on how to degoogle an android phone? The thing is half broken without a google account. (ok, aptoide and f-droid help for starters)
You need to install GrapheneOS, /e/, iode or Lineage OS (people will tell you only Graphene OS is truly private but that’s not true). After that simply never log in with your google account. Use only apps that don’t require google account. Aurora is a Play Store client that works without google account.
Eh, my phone is not in the compatible lineage list, gotta check that before I buy next time.