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    Google already has rootkits installed on about 50% of devices that access the web with a browser (Android phones).

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        FYI it’s perfectly possible to get rid of Google on an Android phone without rooting or messing with custom ROMs.

        Check out c/degoogle@lemmy.ml

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            I run my phone without microG or Goggle Play Services.
            Messaging apps run in the background so they can receive push messages, location works fine over GPS and speech recognition and synthesis works fine without Google Play Services or internet access (in English at least).

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                Gigaset GX290
                It isn’t supported by TWRP, Magisk or any Custom ROM, so Android’s settings and ADB are the only ways to manipulate it.
                There’s no way to install microG on it. So I still use some Google stuff (Speech recognition, speech synthesis and GBoard), but I deny them internet access through Netguard so they can’t phone home.