[ubuntu-za] ubuntu-za Digest, Vol 124, Issue 1

[Grant Woodford]

The best method for maintaining your privacy is the DIY approach.
Websites like https://prism-break.org list all sorts of alternatives
for the various platforms and services but you are required to create
your own "software garden". Perhaps there is a growing gap in the
marketplace for privacy consulting/services where you take your device
to a company and they install all the ROMs/services that are more
privacy friendly or sell the device with the privacy built in from the
start.

I would definitely go with Cyanogen mod without a the google services.
They also offer nice blacklisting features for blocking spammy numbers
which is my most used feature. I even block private numbers.

Regards
Grant Woodford

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> Date: Fri, 1 Jan 2016 19:40:18 +0200
> From: Zabear <zabear1 at gmail.com>
> To: Ubuntu South African Local Community <ubuntu-za at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Subject: [ubuntu-za] Data privacy
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> 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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> Message: 2
> Date: Fri, 01 Jan 2016 20:38:15 +0200
> From: Xandor Schiefer <me at xandor.co.za>
> To: Ubuntu South African Local Community <ubuntu-za at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-za] Data privacy
> Message-ID: <685A4B02-61FC-4D21-AD22-7E20805F2202 at xandor.co.za>
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> 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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