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I have de-googled my Pixel Pro 7 (refurbished) with GraphenOS. 🥳

One question before I declare this my first victory in the police-state-data wars. Is there anything else I should disable on the hardware side to make sure Google can't spy anymore? Microphone, drivers, etc. ?

If so, what's the best way?

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[-] someonesmall@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago

Ok perfect. You can still download+update apps from Play store using the Aurora app. Some apps won't work without google services - just replace them with another app :) Btw. Waze works without google services and has the same live traffic data as Maps - it's also by Google but requires no google services and no login

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