After being on hiatus for almost a year Calyx OS has started releasing again. A degoogled Android ROM for Pixels, Fairphones, Shift phones and Motorolas.

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    20 days ago

    I’m on Pixel + Graphene right now.

    If I this thing dies before Motorola does its GOS release, what’s currently the best de-googled hardware/OS combo for like $400 bucks?

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      14 days ago

      How do you locate your phone if stolen, find my device, if not Google… I thought about doing that step but I don’t find a replacement for “Find my Device” and Wallet (NFC Payment cards) … Otherwise I would do it. So how do you do this?

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        14 days ago

        I honestly haven’t thought about it too much. I think you can get a cheapie bluetooth watch to send you an alert if its nearby.

        You can probably enable Google’s find my if you want, but then what’s the point of having a secure phone if Google always knows where you are?

        Not too be to defeatist about things–there may be a solution out there for you–but a lot of the conveniences of modern life require trade-offs that we are encouraged to not think about.

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          12 days ago

          Since the armed robbery in march I keep thinking how to manage the location thing to find the device…