• TeaEarlGrayHot@lemmy.ca
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      1 year ago

      Perhaps not, but your mobile carrier will! I use a Pixel 5 with LineageOS installed (and no google services), but I also needed to install Google Docs for a project (since the web interface refuses to load on Android) which means that Google is still able to access my IP address–but I think that's better than Google's "location history", or Play Protect on Android sending a list of all installed apps

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          1 year ago

          I generally like being as close to mainline/AOSP as possible, and I used LineageOS for years on my Essential PH-1. That being said, it does look like the Pixel suffers from no lack of custom ROMs, so I may "distro hop" for a bit in the future

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          1 year ago

          Who's your carrier? I've been considering a switch to lineage or graphene but I haven't pulled the trigger yet

    • JSocial@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      1 year ago

      Yup. The tracking stuff just makes it easier, but standard use of the phone sans tracking is still trackable.

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      1 year ago

      I believe these are like the Chrome "private" mode. It might look private to you, but they are definitely still logging everything.

  • canihasaccount@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    What works as a phone app instead of Google Maps? The only thing I've seen is Magic Maps, but that shares location data with third parties, so that seems like an awful solution.