[ubuntu-za] Data privacy

[Xandor Schiefer]

My advice is to install CyanogenMod, which is a community version of Android based on the Android Open Source Project (Nexus Android). There are also other Android ROMs you could look at, but CyanogenMod has the widest device compatibility. Even if your device is not listed under the officially supported devices, there's a good chance that an enthusiast has created an unofficial lift for your device. A quick search on XDA should tell you more. 

If you really care about privacy and don't even trust Google, then use CyanogenMod but don't install GAPPS (Google's default apps), and use f-droid instead. This is what I do. I have a VPS on which I run my own daemons so that I have all the convenience of Gmail, Dropbox, Feedly, etc. without the privacy issues.

If you just want to get rid of the Huawei bloatware, root your device and you should be able to remove 'system' apps. However, there's a good chance that they've built some of the privacy leaking code into the Android OS, and not just their apps. 

On 1 January 2016 19:40:18 GMT+02:00, Zabear <zabear1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>Dear all, new years eve 2015
>
>bcc:  ! K
>
>Re:   8" Huawei tab with Telkom 1GB data contact - Data privacy
>
>I recently bought the above mentioned tab.
>
>I am happy with it, but still learning some functions which are a bit 
>different from my Samsung 10" tab.
>
>But what I do not agree to is the way that use of the tab means that I 
>lose most of my rights to privacy. When you open the tab the 1st time 
>you are asked if it is OK to give the tab maker's certain rights with 
>promises (sometimes it does not state this) that "they" will keep your 
>data safe. The problem is that you cannot say no for an answer. Either 
>accept or stop using the product (the Huawei Tab). There is not 
>alternative to 'accept' or 'cancel'.
>
>Nearly every pierce of software from then on which I had to install, 
>offers the same.
>I think there is no way out of this.
>
>Is there 'someone' who would take the issue of the right to privacy up 
>on behalf of 'the individual' who wishes to use a product, but cannot 
>stand up alone against big corporations?
>
>May you all have a meaningful, and contented new year.
>regards
>
>Piet Beukes
>
>
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