For privacy, I thought about running a de googled custom ROM. Then I did some risk assessments of common apps and realized that every app relies on multiple libraries and these libraries all have telemetry. Even major apps that you would think kick down their user data so bit even consider the data being hovered up by the libraries.
This means that there are probably 20+ data agrogators constantly pulling your data unless you don't install a single app on your phone. Next option is a dumb phone, but even the "dumb phones" at the store are just Android with a locked down UI.
I consider it a lost cause at this point.
If you want privacy, buy some land in the mountains, put a big tarp over it, and never leave. :(
If you want more control over the OS to do things that users usually can't do, than it makes sense to root.
For privacy, I thought about running a de googled custom ROM. Then I did some risk assessments of common apps and realized that every app relies on multiple libraries and these libraries all have telemetry. Even major apps that you would think kick down their user data so bit even consider the data being hovered up by the libraries.
This means that there are probably 20+ data agrogators constantly pulling your data unless you don't install a single app on your phone. Next option is a dumb phone, but even the "dumb phones" at the store are just Android with a locked down UI.
I consider it a lost cause at this point.
If you want privacy, buy some land in the mountains, put a big tarp over it, and never leave. :(
If you want more control over the OS to do things that users usually can't do, than it makes sense to root.