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Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

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Me Buying A Phone From Google Solely Because I Can Put GrapheneOS On It (lemmy.ml)

submitted 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) by BladeFederation@piefed.social to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] nfreak@lemmy.ml 17 points 6 days ago (1 children)

It's why I made sure to get my newest phone used, but that comes with the risk of getting a Verizon model (in the US) which can't be bootloader unlocked. Had to return the first one I got off eBay for that reason, and the second one I made sure to ask the seller where they initially got it from.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 13 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

It's wild to me that that's legal here. Devices should have to be carrier agnostic.

[–] nfreak@lemmy.ml 3 points 6 days ago

capitalism babyyyyy