Thanks for the wonderful write-up @@Vishnu2jd
I wish at least some of this stuff was accessible for novices like me. Like 10% of what you’re doing would be good enough for me.
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Great write up.
I’m using Calyx OS on my Mi A2. I really want a KDE Plasma phone, but it looks like that project is dead.
Debian on all my machines. Firefox with ublock as my browser on all devices. Along with multi-account containers so that my tabs can’t spy on each other.
Got a Raspberry Pi 3 running Nextcloud for my contacts, notes and calendar. (I need to get some web hosting so that I have access when I’m not on LAN.) I haven’t bothered about security except allowing access only from local IP’s.
I backup my files to Mega, because they’ve got a Linux desktop application. Dropbox does too, but sometime back I decided to go with Mega instead. I can’t recall why, but its been a good experience so far.
I used to have a DD-WRT router, but it died, so now just using the one Airtel gave me.
I use outlook.com for most of my emails - with aliases for different services, and login through only 1 address which isn’t used for mailing. I used to use Migadu for my domains but have since shifted to mxroute.com.
It’s becoming increasingly difficult to maintain privacy on ones phone. The only phones that support secure (ish) OS’s like Graphene and Calyx with bootloader relocking are the Pixels. My phone’s almost 6 years old now, and I’m thinking of picking up a Pixel in the next BBD sale. How’s your experience been?
If it wasn’t for banking and UPI apps, I could have chosen any phone and installed a custom ROM without google play services, but we can’t do without them now.
I began thinking about privacy when about 10-15 years ago the Congress government began arresting people for random social media posts. All political parties have since followed suit.
I also began worrying about the power of the social media giants to direct human behaviour, by targeted posts that amplify misinformation. My fears have since proved to be well founded.
My experience has been great so far.
When I look at my wife’s Samsung phone, or anyone’s Windows computer, I get the feeling that I’m the product, and not the other way round, and that makes me glad that I’ve chosen Debian and CalyxOS as my operating systems.
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You don’t need multi-account containers anymore due to firefox total cookie protection since last year which is turned on by default. [Link](’
Introducing Total Cookie Protection in Standard Mode | Firefox Help’
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Yeah, never ever go without play services. A moment comes when you want to use an app in emergency situation and that app doesn’t work, it makes you hate it and go back to normal.
Along, with grapheneOS, another custom rom is voltage os which also has GMS compact which enables to install sandboxed play services(on separate profile). This is the perfect middle way to have privacy and usability.
Woah. I am not that old!. Just freshman out of college. But yeah, since past few years, it has been getting out of control.
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I’m not that old either!!! My dad still thinks I’m an immature little brat! 
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And just like that French government has forced GrapheneOS out of France!!
Their argument literally translates “if you are using a software that hides things, then you must be up to no good”
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