This is the first draft of a collection of facts about what happens in the Google Android operating system in term of permanent personal data collection. This has been found while working on /e/OS the mobile OS in which we actually try to address those issues. Please contribute if you know about other facts, or if you think something is wrong: https://github.com/leag1234/some-facts-about-the-Google-Android-operating-system-and-personal-data-collection
“Ask Me Anything” (AMA) on Reddit’s /r/privacy
For those interested in /e/ and other topics, I was recently invited by /r/privacy moderators to a three-days “Ask Me Anthying”
It’s been the second most successfull AMA at /r/privacy!
Retrieve it at: https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/mdk6xn/im_ga%C3%ABl_duval_founder_of_the_degoogled_android_os/
/e/ & 2021: the year everything is going to change (1/2) — Introduction
Three years after /e/ – the Google-free ecosystem – came to be, things have never moved as fast as they are now. We’re seeing a lot of traction in terms of new users, of new /e/ accounts, and of /e/-smartphones sales. We’re also getting noticed in many posts and press articles and we’re having more and more incoming requests regarding possible partnerships and business inquiries….
Continue reading “/e/ & 2021: the year everything is going to change (1/2) — Introduction”/e/OS and the (not)Android user interface
Here I’m talking about the /e/OS approach regarding the user interface, and upcoming changes.
Read my new article here.
/e/OS redefines the mobile operating system paradigm for a more sustainable world
Two years ago, /e/OS was envisioned as a fully deGoogled mobile operating system (OS) and associated online services that focus on personal data privacy. That initial vision is growing, and the result is that in addition to being a great alternative to Apple and Google, it is progressively paving the way to a better, more frugal, and more sustainable IT world for everyone...
Continue reading “/e/OS redefines the mobile operating system paradigm for a more sustainable world”Why don’t /e/ smartphones ship (yet) to the USA?
It is nearly one year now that we started to ship our first phones with /e/ OS, the pro-privacy, deGoogled, mobile ecosystem.
Initially our range of /e/ phones has been based on refurbished, yet high-grade, Galaxy smartphones: S7, S7 Edge, S9 and S9+. And more recently the Galaxy S8.
Continue reading “Why don’t /e/ smartphones ship (yet) to the USA?”“deGoogled” /e/-Fairphone 3 now available!
Thanks to a partnership with Fairphone we have been able to port /e/OS to the Fairphone 3, and that we can now sell /e/-Fairphone 3 in the EU!
The deGoogled OS on the ethical smarpthone!
Videoconferencing with #privacy
Videoconferencing is on the rise worldwide with the COVID-19 crisis. But did you know that most videoconferencing software is NOT offering any guarantee about your privacy?
Even some nice open source software such as Jitsi is relying on some Google services.
So we did the effort to fully unGoogle a Jitsi setup, and it’s now available online on a 600Mbps link at visio.ecloud.global.
100% Free
100% Open Source
100% Privacy
And it’s super easy to use, try it now!
2020 and the minority spreading hate and fake news
At the age of 12, as my computer knowledge was notably increasing, I remember I’ve eventually been shocked to read something totally wrong in a magazine. Someone wrote something that was factually false.
This made me realize that until this date, I used to think that everything that was written in a book or a magazine was true. Just because it was written.
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