How good is /e/ privacy based LineageOS fork?

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I have read this several times, and still have no clue what you're trying to say.

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Something's are just more secure and private then others. That's just a fact.

Now whether your threat model requires it, is can be much less black and white.

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GrapheneOS wins, but whether iOS is more private than CalyxOS or /e/OS I think is very gray, and depends on the threat model, and on most devices they are going to be a significant improvement in privacy, and often security, over stock Android.

Since my threat model includes mainly surveillance capitalism (and no evil maids or targeted attacks) I don't particularly feel like trusting a big tech that's running their own targeted advertisement system.

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Personally I think if you look at what privacy features CalyxOS actually offers or the read reviews from someone like kuketz and you realize its pretty lacking in both privacy and security.

I understand your issues with Apple but OTOH I think their offerings of a private relay, RCS messaging by default, properly implemented sandboxing are objectively better features then what most android operating systems can offer. They also are much more reliable in terms of security updates.

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Im using it for a couple of years.
I flashed my fairphone 3 by my self back then, before the easy installer. It was the first time i did something "advanced" with a phone, but it worked quite well.
After my fairphone 3 died, I bought a Fairphone 4 via murena. So everything was already installed etc
In total I am happy with the Os. Their goal, the release of privacy oriented OS for everyone (so f.e. even my parents could use them) is quite of a utopia I suppose. But still, the team and community are doing a good job.

Yeah I already heard about grapheneOS, but its not working well with fairphone right?
So murena it is for me
And I would recommend to people, who are aware of the downsides and are little enthusiastic

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Doesn't support Galaxy phones unfortunately.

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/e/ has good but not perfect privacy. It still contains connections to Google and they added a tracking parameter to their update calls.

Their update cycles are very slow. You are usually one to two months behind monthly security updates. Full bulletins are a year behind and Webview is a problem as well. They ignore this point and do not realize, that Insuffizienz security is a privacy risk AS well.

So if you want good privacy with a convenient user experience and without thoughts about security, here you go.

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And you think degoogling offers no obvious benefits in terms of privacy?

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You're an imbecile

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After my fairphone 3 died, I bought a Fairphone 4 via murena.

wait you didn't buy a replacement battery? 🤨

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Damn. That's such a shame, I was considering the fairphone with /e/ os but it's looking less and less appealing. I guess flashing it with CalyxOS and removing/replacing microg might be the better option. Either that or bite the bullet and get a pixel n' flash GrapheneOS to it.

I deeply aplreciate your expansion on the matter

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GrapheneOS is the best option we have today.

Don't forget to donate to the project.

https://grapheneos.org/donate

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Good call deleting that trash comment.

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I do. I think its a bit overblown as none of these operating systems are completely degoogled.

I think its much better to focus on things like not having apps with privileged access this includes, a lot of peoples go to play services replacement, MicroG.

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Even at the cost of using a Google phone? In any case if I decide to go with it I'll be sure to donate match the price of whichever pixel I end up with ty

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I kinda took out my old phone (Sony) and flashed on that.... And running parallel while I degoogle myself.... Takes some time to change all email registrations from govt. And tax authorities to other external services like docs, banks and stuff....so doing dual phone for a fee weeks and then dropped main phone (fairphone5) to fully shift on e/os phone (sony).. And then will reset the ex-main phone (ff5) when degoogle is complete... I am too busy these days so it's taking very long. (Also clean up Google inboxes and then back up vs. Backup and then clean up old inboxes is a struggle for me). Once fully complete I will flash ex-mainphone FF5 with e/os as well and switch to it And then use the 2nd phone to shift my partner and kids slowly. And in a year or next upgrades I think I might buy my family older pixel phones and flash e/os on them.

Maybe you should also get a side phone to start the project.

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It wasnt the battery, sadly. Some Fairphone3 have the issue, that their mainboard(?) is breaking down after a couple of years without any clear reason - and I was the lucky one. Its the only "unreplaceble" part and kind of phone breaker. Sure, you can replace this too, but it would somheow be like buying a new phone.
At this point, the fairphone 4 was alreasy released, so I took the upgrade.
Fairphone 4 and 5 have now a waranty of 5 instead of 2 years. So at least on this point ill be save for 3 years more

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I think it supports Galaxy S9

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Not bad idea.

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I can empirically say, that just switching from stock to a degoogled ROM gave me a significant battery boost. I have no idea what that thing was doing in the background, but it's already doing a lot less of that.

For microG... Until UnifiedPush becomes more widespread the choice between having your notifications go through FCM and halving your battery life is going to be a tricky one.

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How good is /e/ privacy based LineageOS fork?