Spyware

I received a regular android phone recently. It has modern hardware which I would never buy for myself due to it’s incompatible to open bootloader/firmware. The only phone I would like to buy are Pixels either to use GrapheneOS for privacy/security or LineageOS for root privilege. However, even such a phone with stock ROM can has its use case in my hand. It works well as an iPhone alternative for low key life activities, or gray man strategy if you prefer that terminology. ...

Last year, I bought a Metro locked Oneplus Nord N30 5G (CPH2513/CPH2515) for $60 during a very slick deal. However, this phone was completely unusable due to it is haunted with tons of bloatware and spyware. So I decided to let it sit in a drawer for 180 days and then see what I can do with it. A few days ago, I unlocked it by simply go to About Phone then click Unlock. ...