I have been slowly degoogling my life by reducing my use of Google apps and switching to FOSS alternatives. I recently created a Proton account and tried to keep it completely isolated from my default Google account so as to not let it know what my Proton mail identity is. I have finished my transition in my desktop to the best of my ability and am planning to start the same with my mobile. The only thing I have done in my Android phone related to Proton is having downloaded ProtonVPN and signed into my account within the app. However I fear by downloading ProtonMail and signing into it, my Android phone would identify the email account, which could make this entire transition useless. Is there a way to avoid this situation or has the damage already been done. What does Google know about my Proton account, if at all?

  • Apeeksiht@lemdro.id
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    1 year ago

    Then my friend you can’t remove Google from your device. Only vanilla roms without any google shenanigans is your way to go.

    • jlow (he/him)@beehaw.org
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      1 year ago

      Doesn’t even vanilla AOSP or what it’s called still phone home to Google for time, internet-check, cage-checks etc? I think you’d need Graphene (only available on Google hardware (Pixel) 👌) or another custom ROM (or do a lot of firewalling on vanilla / Lineage etc) to really be free of Google (if that’s even possible).