[nmglug] FreedomOS vs LineageOS vs CalyxOS, any thoughts?

[Paul]

By the way, "Freedom OS" on the Freedom Phone does not seem to be the same
as the old FreedomOS rom: https://gitlab.com/Nevax/FreedomOS


On Mon, Jul 19, 2021 at 3:10 PM Paul <pahool at gmail.com> wrote:

> FreedomOS and the Freedom phone sound like a big grift to make money off
> gullible folks. The only reports of "political sides wanting to protect us
> from big tech talking about FreedomOS" I've seen seem to be PR pieces for
> the phone itself or else far right-leaning sites stoking fears about "big
> tech censorship."
>
> The hardware of the $500 Freedom Phone itself seems to be a budget Chinese
> phone available for about 1/4 the price on AliExpress. It also looks like
> Android pre-loaded with an American flag background and apps like Parler,
> Newsmax and OAN, so you can be racist right out of the gate at first power
> up. If anyone can find the source anywhere, I'd be interested in looking at
> it, but I'd bet it's just re-skinned LineageOS with some pre-loaded apps
> and a skinned Aurora app store. Their goal here is clearly to fleece the
> gullible. I wouldn't trust them at all. Making money is their priority, not
> user privacy.
>
> I've had good luck de-Googling my phone by installing LineageOS without
> Google services (and Cyanogenmod before that). I'll have to dive in and try
> CalyxOS sometime as they seem to have a better security model and AOSP is
> their upstream, not just a re-skinned LineageOS.
>
> I've been tinkering around a bit with a Pine Phone but I'd still say it's
> not ready for prime time. Getting there, though.
>
> On Mon, Jul 19, 2021 at 1:19 PM LeRoy Diener <leroy at choosetherightside.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi NMGLUG folks,
>>
>> I've been wanting to have more security and privacy on my phone for a
>> while.
>> I guess I'm not alone.
>> I heard about LineageOS a while back.
>> More recently, I heard that CalyxOS is more feasible to get to work. I
>> recently bought a Google Pixel 4a with the idea that I might one day put
>> CalyxOS on it, and that it will work great.
>> Now, I heard about political sides wanting to protect us from big tech
>> talking about FreedomOS.
>>
>> Does anyone have tech insight into the security of these and feasibility
>> to use on a phone?
>>
>> Thanks to all of you,
>> LeRoy
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