GrapheneOS is already working on it:
We’re going to add a secure way of working around this without breaking the app source security model. We’ll be adding support for having the OS automatically verify the Play Store signing metadata and then inform Play services those apps were installed from the Play Store.
What you think I said is not true. But that’s not what I said. I said Apple devices are more private.
Read again
There’s a finite number of eyes.
apple fanboys are the people who don’t think this shit happens to them.
I say this as an Apple hater: this is a false narrative. Apple fanboys say that their devices are more private, not completely private, and they are (assuming a stock Android OS). That’s not really up for debate. The mistake you’re making is positing privacy as a binary concept. Privacy is a spectrum.
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It’s because it’s used in tandem with other data they collect to profile you. To profile all of us.
all they can see is the times at which your messaging app was asked to wake up. Not whether any message was actually received, or what it contained, or from who.
Here’s what Senator Ron Wyden had to say on the matter:
The data these two companies receive includes metadata, detailing which app received a notification and when, as well as the phone and associated Apple or Google account to which that notification was intended to be delivered. In certain instances, they also might also receive unencrypted content, which could range from backend directives for the app to the actual text displayed to a user in an app notification.
So they know:
They could, very easily, by implementing UnifiedPush. Let the users decide if they want/need to use it. But as of now the only way to do that is by installing a third-party app.
The only think authorities are getting then, is the fact your Signal app was told to wake up at time X
That’s called metadata.
It’s just a mechanism to wake up sleeping apps so that they can check up with their server.
So why do the authorities want it?
YT ads can be relevant to you based on data collected about you
They certainly can be but if there are 2 advertisers and one is the most relevant and the other pays them more money, which one do you think Google is going to show you?
The “sponsored content” parts of some videos don’t feel nearly as intrusive or out of place
That’s because they’re typically read by the creator. Artists, essentially. Professional entertainers. And not ad companies. Some of them (looking at you Wulffs Den and J2C) are actually very entertaining.
we cannot verify the viewer numbers on your content
Of course they can. It’s displayed just like it is on YouTube.
They don’t usually get paid per view anyway.
There are a dozen other venues for revenue. We need to move, as a society, away from advertising as a business model. It has become detrimental to society.
He’s already hosting a ton of other things, obviously, so the additional load would likely be extremely minimal. And if he was accumulating a large load that would mean he was wrong about not being enough users.
You can also just install it to a VM inside Linux.
That’s probably the better (but more complicated) solution.
I dunno, I’d be more comfortable being able to physically disconnect the device.
First, it’s very much not a “schizo” thing, and such people might find that offensive so you might consider a better word choice.
Second, if it’s possible in your area you can pick up a pre-paid SIM from Best Buy or something with cash. They could still possibly link that back to you with cameras in the store so put on a nice medical mask and some glasses and a hat. Shove a rock in your shoe so they can’t read your gait.
Yes, putting a SIM in your device that you are registered with will identify that phone as yours. But you can just take it out when you’re done. Just have to keep it because you may need that phone number again.
You can try getting a number from somewhere like Cloaked but they can usually detect if it’s a VoIP.
Unfortunately a phone number is something society expects you to have in order to participate.
Windows is literally malware
I’ve used that one as well and I’m not a fan. Its fine but it is super confusing to use.
I actually like Mattermost as a free slack alternative. Matrix is too complicated for normies and the encryption seems unnecessary on a local server.
Good luck!