So are smartphones really full of spyware or is it just paranoia, Jow Forums?

So are smartphones really full of spyware or is it just paranoia, Jow Forums?

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SIM card allow arbitrary code execution by your provider.
that's all you need to know.

Obviously, they don't even try and hide it any more.

Smartphones aren't full of spyware, they are spyware. They were designed to track you and incidentally use them as phones.

What can I do about it? Custom ROMs?

Don't use one

The trick is to blend in, if you have no online presence that's a red flag.

I need one for school and to have a social life

To the point where facebook predicts what content to give you from some data it bought from "some company" that manages to log what you say, even when not actively using the mic.
We need drastic legislation on this, but the legislators are too old and ignorant to do anything about it.

>if you have no online presence that's a red flag.
I disagree, many people are beginning to walk away from it now. So soon it will be accepted.

Dumbphones and

Okay then the best you can do is
>flash Lineage OS
>DO NOT FLASH GOOGLE APPS you can use microG instead
>install Xposed+XprivacyLua (note: doesn't support anything later than Oreo)
>restrict everything the app doesn't need to function
>install AdAway and add hosts file to block ads and tracking
>install AfWall+ and only allow Internet access for apps that need it to function

you can't escape it. just take one to work or school and leave it home when you go whereever. cameras and fingerprint sensors are a problem, though. dumbphones are probably your best bet.

sometimes I say random things to myself around my phone,

then if I try and google said thing even if obscure, the autocomplete finds it somehow...

it listens to your every word lmao, try saying shit aboud dogs orsomething and if u have ads, boom dog ads, if u google anything, boom ends with dogfood or whatever

Thanks, that's what i was looking for.

>say "FUCK NIGGERS"
>get ads for interracial porn

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No sim card. Just use wifi. Looks normal, is not normal.

They are.

>Flashed Lineage 15.1 official
>Checked checksums
>Massive battery drain overnight
Did I fuck up? What's it doing when I sleep?

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Adware too, the data's used to shove ads in your face.

Its trying to hack itself out