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  • Sonalder@lemmy.mltoPrivacy@lemmy.world•Recommended Firefox alternative(s) for AndroidEnglish
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    19 days ago

    I think brave provide a slightly better experience overall, and privacy is a bit stronger too. Cromite might be better in some areas but DDG has better tracking protection against analytics from companies such as Adobe, Faceboo, Google, etc… by default.

    DDG mobile browser had a contreverasy with allowing Microsoft tracking (DDG search engine is using MS Bing’s back-end) but in other hands brave is also quite contreversial with affiliate link injections, optionnal “private ads” with Web3 advertisement. Cromite seems cleaner but is a community run project and there is no company backing it.

    Honestly I haven’t used it in years but it’s definitely not the worst option you can choose on Android.

  • Sonalder@lemmy.mltoPrivacy@lemmy.ml•Skype Replacement for Small Business?
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    20 days ago

    Zulip or Mattermost if you want basically a free (as in freedom) and open source alternative to Teams and slack But as you mention self-hosting isn’t really an option it can become expensive.

    Maybe a mix of Signal and Jitsi Meet (there is several public free instances) if you want a good balance between privacy, price and efficiency

    Maybe look at the kSuite from Infomaniak it’s not the best but might be a good balance too for your team.

  • Sonalder@lemmy.mltoPrivacy@lemmy.world•Recommended Firefox alternative(s) for AndroidEnglish
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    20 days ago

    So currently this is my recommendation for web browsers for Android.

    Chromium based (best for security on Android)

    • brave, disable cryptocrap, telemetry sponsor background and you’re pretty much good to go.
    • cromite, an active fork of bromite which is basically an upgrade of ungoogled chromium
    • Vanadium, if you are using GrapheneOS

    Firefox based browser (none support per-site isolation as of today)

    • IronFox, a active fork of Mull, basically the most harden FF flavor on Android
    • Fennec, basically a fully libre FF flavor
  • Sonalder@lemmy.mltoPrivacy@lemmy.ml•Any opinions on infomaniak?
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    1 month ago

    I think it’s a good alternative for many people but it’s more like an Open-Apple mindset. In the sens that they support and contribute to free and open source software, but they do collect data for their own use. Unlike Apple they do not serve ads yet. They have been here for years and have quite good security practices making it pretty strong.

    So it’s not the end-to-end encrypted alternative that people on this sub are usually looking for but could be a great fit for some users. Also they are mainly known for web hosting and VPS then they added their collaboration suite of tools named kSuite after many years which is mainly forked from popular free software.

  • Sonalder@lemmy.mltoPrivacy@lemmy.ml•Firefox alternatives?
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    1 month ago

    If you want to keep the Gecko Engine from Mozilla to support an alternative to Google’s monopoly here are a couple alternative for Linux :

    • Librewolf
    • Mullvad Browser
    • Zen Browser

    For Android you have to be aware that unfortunately every firefox based browser lack of per-site isolation unlike chromium browsers.

    • IronFox (active fork of Mull by DivestOS)
    • Fennec

    On the dark side of the spectrum you have chromium browser such as :

    • Brave (Linux & Android) (disable cryptocrap, sponsor backgrounds and it’s quite good)
    • Cromite (Android)
  • Sonalder@lemmy.mltoPrivacy@lemmy.ml•Questions about switching from iOS to GrapheneOS
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    1 month ago

    I think switching from iOS to GrapheneOS doesn’t massively improve your privacy. However it improve your freedom and the control you have on your device. Privacy takes education if you install GrapheneOS and link it to your Google Account and use invasive apps that are not needed to be that so (like a calculator app that access your Pictures and geolocation) will not improve drastically over iOS but will a bit over Stock Android. But unlike iOS you can use you’re phone without accounts and that’s huge.

    Where did you see that banking app only works on the main profile ? I personnaly use a seperated user profile for all banking related apps and it just works with the Play Services installed and not signed in getting apps through Aurora Store. Seperated user profile is not conveniante to use daily. If you want quick access to your banking apps you could use a Work Profile, setting it up with the FOSS app Shelter. You can installed the Play Services and the Play Store if needed to that profile and limits some of their permission (some are required for it work properly)

    I do backup manually of what I feel is important so I won’t recommend you anything. However if I remember correctly WhatsApp let you do backup only on Google Drive if you’re on Android and iCloud if you’re on an iPhone.

    I wouldn’t buy a 7A because of security updates ending in 2028 which is in 3 years already and the battery is worse than the newer models. While the 8 series is ending support in 2030 and 2031 for the 8A. Keep in mind that iPhone are premium devices while Pixel A are midrange, it’s a bit like the SE from Apple. Phone are getting expensive and if I were you I would wait to get lower price on the 8A or 8Pro.

    Yeah Pixel Camera is amazing for photography, while lacking behind competition in Portrait Mode (used to be the best) and videos (iPhone are much better). But this is mainly thanks to the Google proprietary camera app. Phone photography is good only thanks to the algorithmes processing the images the hardware isn’t that great. You can still use the stock Secure Camera from Graphene and get good results in great lighting condition however installing Google Camera through AuroraStore or the PlayStore directly will give you better results. But it come with drawbacks as it only support Google Photos to open your previous shots from the camera app. It also asks for Play Services but someone told in the comment that is not the case so maybe it has changed since I did. There is an open source app that fakes the Play Services for Google Camera to work without asking questions. It’s called GCam Services Provider (Photos), you can also bypass the Google Photos limitation by using GCam Photos Preview but this one is a bit clunky to be honest, I hope it will get updated but doesn’t seems to. You can also install modded GCam to bypass all of this but this come with it’s own risk and is mainly focus on non-Pixel devices. But if you really want to try here is a trusted ressources.

    This is a valid question and I hope we will be able to live our digital lives without being so dependant from Google or Apple. A great start is by switching to FOSS apps when possible, it’s not a magic solution and come with limitations but as of today it’s my goal even if I still use proprietary app for my bank for exemple.

    Since you come from iOS I want to point out that there is Goodwy that’s maintaining amazing foss apps forked from SimpleMobileTools (now Fossify Tools) and applied an Apple inspired UI, you might feel more at home with his apps. Mention to Right Gallery, Right Contact, Right Dialer, Right Messages and Right Files. The apps are asking for internet permission but it’s for paying the premium fee to unlock all feature (you are not forced to pay to unlock them). I made a donation using Bitcoin to the dev because he’s doing great work and never allow the app to have internet permission thanks to GrapheneOS feature.

    There is a fairly great ammount on ressources on AlternativeTo regarding Android apps I myself made a couple of list you might want to take a quick look :

    Not from me