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I hear many people say that the Google Pixel is good for privacy, but is it?

I'm asking this because I find it weird, of all the companies, Google having the most “privacy”.

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago (10 children)

I'd argue yes.

I see Google as a known unknown, where as various other Chinese phones are unknown unknowns.

I acknowledge I have western bias, but the propaganda, human rights violations and control of the CCP is well understood.

At the very least Pixel let's you flash an alternative OS.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (9 children)

Basically every Chinese phone has a great custom rom support

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Graphene only supports Pixels officially because of how easily you can unlock the bootloader

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

it's because of the Titan M chip, not because of ease of bootloader unlocking. Pixel's have much higher hardware security with only iPhones and their secure enclave matching it afaik.

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