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Oneplus privacy? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by Apook400@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Looking for some help with my Oneplus Nord CE3 Lite. I have had this phone for a couple months and looking to harden this phone make it a safe privacy friendly phone and avoid the constant monitoring and spying and being tracked and monitored. I want to limit the surveillance and monitoring best i can with this phone. Not interested in CUSTOM ROM and there isnt any available for my phone right now. So what is my options without that and how do i make this a safe phone?

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[–] BitSound@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago (2 children)

If you're not using a custom ROM, you're leaking info like a sieve to OnePlus. I moved to LineageOS because the default OS was sending every app you opened and when to the mothership. Even if they've stopped that, they've got every incentive to suck you dry, and you'll spend much more time fighting your OS than if you just switch to a different one.

[–] baseless_discourse@mander.xyz 4 points 1 year ago

Source: https://www.chrisdcmoore.co.uk/post/oneplus-analytics/

Although OnePlus promise to change (https://www.theverge.com/2017/10/15/16479330/oneplus-privacy-complaints-oxygenos-cybersecurity), I dont like giving big company like OnePlus (which is owned by BBK) a second chance.

[–] Apook400@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Hi. Thank u for reply. Is there any smartphone hardening/smartphone hardening guide you can recommend applicable for my current phone? Oneplus

[–] BitSound@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

F-droid is good like the other comment suggested. Aurora store is good for anything not available on F-droid.

One thing you can do is track what network connections apps are making with something like https://f-droid.org/packages/com.emanuelef.remote_capture/. It won't help if the OS really wants to do malicious things, but you can monitor your apps at least

[–] ser@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

You can use Rethink firewall and dns on Fdroid to block the oneplus analytics and whatever you aren't comfortable with.