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I've degoogled my unrooted phone as much as possible. How useful is this? (feddit.de)
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So my problem is that I don't have money for a new phone and I also need my banking app. Rooting is not possible.

Steps I've taken:
-removed and deleted my Google account
-disabled all default Android apps and all Google apps except for Play Services (needed for location service and the banking app) -denied all permissions for Play Services except location and movement sensors (can't be denied), phone and sms (needed for the banking app)

I figure Google can still track my phone and use its location for traffic analysis, etc. but has no way of targeting me with ads (their main business) or connect my phone to my identity (no access to my contacts, call logs, keyboard, calendar, mail, etc.). I hope it turns me into a nameless device ID.

Does this help at all? Is there anything else I can do?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

followed this guide (not mine) and it's pretty great

Just a note: when downloading a host file do not use the one mentioned as it is discontinued, instead look up "1hosts" on github

https://lemmy.ml/post/128667

Also check out libretube (f-droid) for YouTube, it's better than the actual YouTube app by miles!