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LineageOS is apparently not private?
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Hey PragmaticIdealist
The video guy is talking bollocks: plus he has about 50 crypto links to pay the wanker.
Honestly, I have install lineage since 2018 and installed CyanogenMod way before that.
He talks about "Removing bloatware Google packages" from Lineage, there are no bloatware google packages in lineage.
I have just plugged my oneplus 5T with lineage installed into my laptop, and typed this into my terminal: to give me a list of all the packages installed on my phone.
adb shell pm list packages -s >oneplus5-installed.txt
I have 213 packages installed. THERE ARE NO GOOGLE PACKAGES installed.
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Captive Portal is simple to disable using adb. Its not scary.
I have 5 family phones with lineage installed
I have just checked Captive Portal on all 5
db shell settings get global captive_portal_mode
all 5 phones the output is:
null
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you can change your dns rather than rely on your carriers DNS. I use Mullvad DNS
https://mullvad.net/en/help/dns-over-https-and-dns-over-tls
The eu has public dns servers:
https://european-alternatives.eu/category/public-dns
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not much info on itel-p55-5g on xda
https://xdaforums.com/t/i-want-a-vbmeta-img-and-boot-img-for-itel-p55-5g.4737042/
if you want to find out about Lineage, use their forums or use the https://xdaforums.com/ as above and have a good look around to see what people say.
Really. Most of the videos I've seen of him are really solid. Plus, I do think the tips he gave are good (that's why I linked it in the first place) besides this:
Yeah if you didn't install GAPPS you wouldn't get any, well... Google apps in the first place. Besides this part, I do think the others make sense because they are making connections with Google.
Yeah.
Also I'm wondering about whether to disable this or not, like wouldn't it break functionality?
Yeah I'm also using Mullvad DNS everywhere since I discovered it in like 2024.
Yep, I already looked everywhere. The Sourceforge repo and the Telegram group was all I found.
Hey PragmaticIdealist
I dont like him because he seems to intentionally pick controversial subjects just to get clicks.
I mean. how controversial can you get by using the headline "LineageOS is apparently not private?" and then go about trying to prove your point by not referring to Lineage.
I can only assume that loads of non techy people would be put off by his claims.
Lineage does not send any information to google nor connect to google. However the apps you choose to install could connect to google. Especially if you use closed source apps.
if you stick to open source apps via Neostore, droid-ify and F-droid basic you should be fine.
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It is safe to disable Captive portal if it is already enabled on your phone.
I have disabled it on my aunts and uncles phones, they dont use lineage or any AOSP roms.
My aunt likes the idea of free wi-fi when shes out. she has a list of all the in-store wifi, in my local shopping centre, already stored on her phone, this means that she automatically connects to whatever wifi she is nearest to.
Lineage phones have captive portal disabled by default.
Looks like you are half way there.
A good VPN is also a good choice
Keep at it.