I’m looking to get a custom ROM that has good compatibility with my device. Would you recommend /e/? I couldn’t find a tutorial on how to install it with Linux but I don’t think it should be that hard to figure out.

  • SitD@lemy.lol
    52·
    2 days ago

    root allows system-wide adblocking. thus more privacy, not less privacy

    • Imprint9816@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      52·
      2 days ago

      Root also adds massive attack surface which easily outweighs those benefits. Not to mention non rooted DNS solutions provide a similar benefit.

        • Imprint9816@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          35·
          2 days ago

          That’s idiotic. Your data being insecure is inherently not private.

          They are two sides of the same coin.

            • Imprint9816@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
              2·
              22 hours ago

              Not necessarily, there are tons of things that are very secure but not at all private.

              But… having a massive attack surface and known security issues and thinking your data is somehow private because you use a FOSS application is silly.

              EDIT to answer your edit: partly. I mean regular timely security updates seems to be a struggle for most of these android OS but also because it provides a bunch of privacy by default options that these other android ROMs don’t such as a private relay, default RCS messaging, and makes them easy for users.

              • asudox@lemmy.asudox.dev
                1·
                22 hours ago

                You do have a good point. However, I can’t consider a proprietary operating system like iOS truly private. It may be secure (certainly more so than stock Android and some random custom Android based ones) but if I can’t be sure that my operating system isn’t spying on me, then security alone doesn’t matter much for me tbh. Apple’s operating systems are no exception to this.

                So, in a ranking that considers both security AND privacy, iOS being the second one is questionable. However, if the ranking is based solely on security, then I have no issue with it.

      • SitD@lemy.lol
        2·
        2 days ago

        Windows is rooted by design, and that’s completely fine by everyone and their dog

        • Imprint9816@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          31·
          2 days ago

          Lol nobody is calling windows secure or private. Nobody even mentioned it.

          Companies literally pay thousands of dollars a year in hardware and enterprise software to make up for its deficiencies.