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If you are paranoid about your location data and security patches you should consider lineageOS and microg [1]. Awesome projects. You can have your location data stored in your phone and not rely on google.

[1] https://lineage.microg.org/

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This is just not enough. I want to control the baseband and I want hardware switches on microphones, location and cameras.

Also there is F-Droid (only open source apps for Android) and the Yalp Store (alternative to Google Play with faked account so you don't have to own one).

Hacking my device like with jailbreak (iOS) or rooting (android) is not the way I want to have to go to feel secure and it's nothing I want to have to do before I think I can use my phone.

Perhaps the Librem 5, Necuno or Fairphone 3 will be suffice. We have a currated list of fair devices on the Fairphone Community forums [1].

[1] https://forum.fairphone.com/t/list-of-fairly-fair-electronic...

I understand and agree with your ideas on controlling the device, but I should also point out that the network that you're on is a major vulnerability, and there's little you can do to control that data yourself.

Government regulation on telecom companies is the only way to ensure that there's even a line that they're required to toe.

I definitely agree with you. Nonetheless lineageos/microg are a step in the right direction. No change will happen overnight. I hope more projects like this will pop out in the future.

Yes, except this talk [1] still applies

[1] https://media.ccc.de/v/35c3-9941-how_facebook_tracks_you_on_...

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