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I have just received a Samsung galaxy fold5 through the post, however I imagine it's full of bloatware and I'm inexperienced with this type of device. What is the first things that you would do to secure it? Thank you ๐Ÿ˜Š

Edit: I mean to be more privacy focused

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[โ€“] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (21 children)

I use FOSS applications as much as I can and try to avoid all samsung and google apps. In addition to that I'm always on pi-hole network to block background network requests by Samsung/Google

Some apps I use:

  • k9-mail
  • Zulip
  • Nextcloud/Talk/Notes
  • tasks.org
  • Signal
  • F-Droid
  • Magic Earth
  • NewPipe
  • Keepass2Android
  • Brave
  • Collabora Office
[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Google play services constantly send information to google, the only functional and degoogled rom Ive found is Grapheneos.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Samsung locks their bootloader, so flashing is neigh impossible on them as of late.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Good to know, although I'm unsure how a custom boot would handle the folding display

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[โ€“] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The real downside of brave is the cryptocrap. It is still optional. However the fact that it support the chromium monopoly is also a bad point.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What about supporting anti-lgbtq causes

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

If you don't install software made from people that are not align with your ethics there are probably more than just brave.

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