Privacy-respecting options for Android tablets? (beehaw.org)

submitted 2 months ago by jherazob@beehaw.org to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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After arriving a while ago at the conclusion that the best option for reading comics/manga is a full-sized tablet instead of e-ink based devices, got an 8' Samsung tablet for not much. It serves the purpose but even with Blokada in it blocking everything it can, and every "privacy" option tuned to as closed as possible, i suspect it's still leaking TONS of data, and would like to root it if there's good choices for it. Do we have at least decent choices for Android tablets now in 2025? I search for this and people focus on phones with little to no attention to tablets

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[-] Ulrich@feddit.org 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

What are you using to read comics, and is it available for Linux?

Being that you already have an 8 foot tablet, I assume you're looking for an OS to run on that. The only suggestions I have is possibly LineageOS, if it's compatible. Otherwise you're looking at replacing the hardware.

[-] Yingwu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 months ago

I recommend MComix for reading on Linux. I only use it on the PC, but nonetheless it's great.

[-] jherazob@beehaw.org 1 points 2 months ago

On Android i use Perfect Viewer, and on Linux i use Mcomix straight off the APT repositories. Quite willing to switch if better alternatives appear though.

[-] Ulrich@feddit.org 1 points 2 months ago

Yeah unfortunately most Android devices come with locked bootloaders, especially Samsung, so I think you'd have to consider different hardware.

You could consider a PineTab? Or a JingPad, if you can find a used one (the company went under). Or if you really wanna dig deep and get a badass tablet, the MinisForum V3 seems to work well with Linux.

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