Messages are not end to end encrypted and can thus be read from service provider.

Additionally Google is integrated into website.

There is no reason for considering Calyx at all. Graphene and Divest are better in terms of security and privacy.

If one want’s easy and convenient privacy, /e/ might be a valide option. No need for Calyx, Lineage or Iode

eMail is affected as well. There is no alternative. And mails are not private if not all participants use end to end encryption

A switch to what? To nothing?

To clarify: eMail, web chats, gaming chats, Signal, Threema and so on are affected as well

As mentioned before, you don’t need a cookie banner. You could simply inform, that you don’t collect data other than necessary session data.

The default is Fairphone OS. It is Google Android but they don’t pay to license the name ‘Android’, so they have to use an alternative name.

You can install /e/OS (even preinstalled by Murena) or DivestOS. Any other option doesn’t make sense as Divest is best in terms of security and privacy among all available custom roms and /e/ is most convenient (good but not perfect privacy, bad security but with MicroG, relock and App Lounge as well as Murena Cloud)

And:

I was searching for any native(non-proxied) YouTube client for Android in kotlin.

Fairphone is an option. Can be relocked. It is not important, what Fairphone supports but if it is supported by custom ROM developers. Fairphone is supported by most. But please avoid using Calyx or iode. They are both outclassed by Divest.

At least for /e/OS I can assure that relocking is simple enough. As there is partnership between Fairphone and Murena (/e/ developers) OTA updates are safe for future. Unfortunately the Fairphone support is horrible and /e/ is always too far behind security patch level.

Graphene only supports Pixel

Does not have swipe except when using a Google library

You didn’t get the point. It’s about community relevance.

VPN is both, an interface on your device and a network connection (to a provider). Netguard only uses the first. So every request is going through Netguard but is not sent to a VPN provider, it leaves your device like it would if Netguard wasn’t active.

So no VPN provider can see your traffic.

While being sent through your local Netguard, the request is checked whether it should be blocked or not. This is done by its name. If the name is on a block list (real list or manually blocked) Netguard ensures that the request will end in nowhere otherwise it will go through.

I hope that was sarcasm.

Signal, Threema, SimpleX.

Your source is ridiculous. Please educate yourself about more how Signal works.

So it is true. Why do you call it not true?

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No. It’s not. Please take a look at different licenses in this area, whatever ‘libre’ means

I recommend disabling iCloud

Not really. On Android you can do much to achieve much more privacy. On iOS you can nearly do nothing. The options provided by Apple to restrict data usage are not doing their jobs according to privacy analysis by Kuketz thus resulting in a Apple marketing campaign based on lies that most believe and are convinced of