@aud only if you're willing to accept significant limitations for it's usefulness.

GPS data is received through a location service, and as far as I'm aware the only one is Google now that Mozilla has dropped theirs. So if you ever plan to toggle on the "location" feature, google will get some data on that, though I'm unsure how closely tied that is to your identity. There was an alternative I heard of but I can't find it now.

Other than that, Calyx and Graphene are pretty good options. I run Graphene on my Pixel 6 and it has a lot of extra features for improving privacy. It lets you deny network access to any app, and it lets you provide access to a specific subset of your media rather than the all-or-nothing approach from AOSP. Google services doesn't get special access.

Last I heard the true linux phones are still not daily-driveable but I would love to hear otherwise. Probably the biggest blocker for me that will likely continue to remain for a true linux phone is the lack of a Signal client.

@schrotthaufen @aud screenshots can also be faked, and the signal protocol includes plausible deniability. I hear of so many people having Signal apps used against them in court and I know it's just because they don't realize they can deny having sent the message.

@simon yes, if it is at all afforded to you by your society, you should avoid doing things that consume energy up until the point where we've balanced our energy use budget with the earths resources. If you do not personally have that ability, it's very understandable: collective energy use requires collective efforts to reduce usage. Change must be pressed for at the societal level.

That said, it is absurd and ridiculous to compare the necessity to heat your home to the vanity of consuming that power in the form of a fancy lying-to-you machine is so ridiculous I can't believe I actually have to say it. I have never used one of these products and I'm still alive and well.

@simon ecological damage in one area doesn't undo it in another. You shouldn't do either thing.