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Responsible Technology and Ewaste Responsible Technology and eWaste ...work in progress Things to consider before buying a new phone There are lots of things you can do if you browse e.Foundation or xda Open Source and/or Socially Responsible Phones Pixel3 series + GrapheneOS Releases Officially supported by GrapheneOS. State of the art software security, open source, no google if you use GrapheneOS. Android so big amount of FLOSS apps available via F-Droid. Bittium State of the art security software+hardware, this video explains more No Google / Apple taking your data on the secured partition. The company seems to be careful about the sources for hardware manufacturing Android so big amount of FLOSS apps available via F-Droid Privacy hardware kill switches. PinePhone - an article about the PinePhone Everything Open Source, included most of the (all?) hardware Privacy hardware kill switches Choice of OS: postmarketOS, Debian, Ubuntu Touch and Sailfish OS (but probably not mature yet). LuneOS (HP WebOS fork) and Maemo Leste (Nokia Maemo fork) will also be supported, probably alongside unofficial Android ROMs from devices with similar hardware No Google / Apple taking your data by default Fairphone Fairphone 3 Open Source No Google taking your data by default The company is careful about the sources for hardware manufacturing and improving the market Android / Apple so big amount of FLOSS apps available via F-Droid Puri Librem 5 Everything Open Source, included most of the (all?) hardware Privacy hardware kill switches State of the art security software+hardware PureOS is a Linux based OS (maybe not that mature yet but supported by a Social purpose corporation with high-fees paying customs) No Google / Apple taking your data by default The company seems to be careful about the sources for hardware manufacturing Some info on security... Github - Lineageos Second-Hand Phones Also, consider getting a second-hand phone before upgrading to the newest and latest gadget. Tori.fi JCT-huolto Phone Repair You can also get your phone repaired and maintained. Koneetkiertoon Revision #11 Created Mon, Oct 28, 2019 6:54 PM by Janna Updated Tue, Apr 21, 2020 1:21 PM by Janna.
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