• GolfNovemberUniform
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    8 months ago

    Well that’s another serious reason for my next phone to be a Linux one

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      8 months ago

      If you read the article it says there will be a toggle to enable or disable the feature. It’s part of updates to support their “find my device” network

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        8 months ago

        Sorry I’m one of the Lemmy users who sometimes don’t open the links and read sources. It’s really really good if the feature can be completely disabled. Though opt-it might be a little bit better

        EDIT: I just read the article and didn’t see the info about disabling the feature. It can be my poor English knowledge though. Could you say where exactly it says about it?

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          8 months ago

          There’s more than one spot that covers it, but one part says “You should be able to ignore the auto-on toggle and disable Bluetooth as usual, though”

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            8 months ago

            I thought it means “you can disable Bluetooth but you will have to disable it every day after it turns on automatically”

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        8 months ago

        We don’t know if its devs will remove or disable all the privacy invasive features. Though idk that much about it so probably it’s more serious than I think

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          8 months ago

          Trust me. If it’s a problem, they will find a solution. They’re literally the most secure Android ROM out there.

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        8 months ago

        Maybe someday, everytime someone says “just get a Linux phone” I look a few up and the specs are always piss poor…

        Better to just get a pixel and slap GrapheneOS (A privacy and security focused Android fork) on it

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        8 months ago

        Unfortunately only a few phones support Linux well and they are either really old (OnePlus 6, Samsung A5 etc) or expensive (PinePhone and FairPhone). Privacy costs a lot nowadays

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            8 months ago

            Well yea but it’s quite expensive for its specs. You can get the cheapest Android phone for like $80 and it will have better specs than PinePhone Pro