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I've degoogled my unrooted phone as much as possible. How useful is this? (feddit.de)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by superkret@feddit.de to c/degoogle@lemmy.ml
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So my problem is that I don't have money for a new phone and I also need my banking app. Rooting is not possible.

Steps I've taken:
-removed and deleted my Google account
-disabled all default Android apps and all Google apps except for Play Services (needed for location service and the banking app) -denied all permissions for Play Services except location and movement sensors (can't be denied), phone and sms (needed for the banking app)

I figure Google can still track my phone and use its location for traffic analysis, etc. but has no way of targeting me with ads (their main business) or connect my phone to my identity (no access to my contacts, call logs, keyboard, calendar, mail, etc.). I hope it turns me into a nameless device ID.

Does this help at all? Is there anything else I can do?

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[–] CrypticCoffee@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Does those banking that have apps not work in a mobile browser? In the UK, they seem to.

[–] superkret@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

no, they require an app as 2nd factor. Or I'd have to buy a TAN generator but I often have to do transactions while I'm not at home so I'd have to carry it with me.

[–] CrypticCoffee@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Weird. In the UK, they give freely tan generator or use a text to send code.