I am being forced into installing Life360 on my phone, which as you all probably know, is a massive privacy violation. Just by looking through the AppStore data page, lots of sensitive information gets shared with third parties. There’s got to be a way to disable it, and only enable it when necessary right? Or am I out of options here? Even though it’s only slightly less of a privacy risk, I’d prefer using Apple’s find my service, which has most of the features that Life360 has, while also being built in to every iOS device. How do I reason with this person?
Look, I get I’m being a bit of an asshole with this answer, but given what little you’ve provided it’s the only one I can think of: get a phone (a google pixel) that can install an operating system that actually cares about your privacy (grapheneos). Then use its sandboxing to protect you from privacy invasion generally, and Life360 specifically.
Ehhh, graphene may not be the best rec anymore given Google isn’t publishing AOSP source anymore and we don’t know if we can force them to through court. postmarketOS seems good, probably, but I’ve never tried it myself. Calling any other opinions!
The team has already stated existing pixels will remain supported. The Pixel 8 for example still has support until around 2030. Its still viable to recommend them.
It will last until GOS hopefully gets their own hardware.
Which I think has always been the case. Relying on Google for anything really is a fools errand.
Not sure what you mean. They weren’t actively pursuing that previously.
What I mean is relying on pixels in the first place. The only way their project was ever sustainslable long term was getting their own device, that has always been true. And even then, google might pull the rug on AOSP anyways.
That said, I’m using them and will continue to use them until the wheels fall off, its far and away the best mobile phone OS available at the moment and still recommend them.
That’s not entirely true and Graphene is still currently probably the best OS solution. Google isn’t releasing as much stuff for the Pixel (which Graphene will be relying on in the future) but AOSP is still around and still getting releases.
https://www.androidauthority.com/google-not-killing-aosp-3566882/
Developing situation and I’m not laser-focused on it (I have other stuff on my mind like a broken bone and the fascism going on) hence “may”, but this ^ is what I’m going off. Don’t get me wrong, I run GrapheneOS myself and it’s a great daily driver; I’ve just been looking for alternatives because of this news.
Alternatives are always good to have on the table but AOSP isn’t going anywhere, just wanted to point that out.
GOS can’t stop you from volunteering your information.
Hey at least it does not volunteer it for you unlike normie phones