Is loading the Android Custom ROM - LineageOS Safe for Privacy?

Is it a good idea to change your Android phone to LineageOS (a custom ROM build over Android Open Source Project)? This video discusses the privacy threats in a typical Android phone. Then we will compare how LineageOS fares against that.

We also compare LineageOS to Ubuntu Touch.

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[kodachisolutions]

9:30 if you're knowledgeable about privacy threats and just wanna hear about lineage

[Chiramisudo]

As a software engineer, everything Rob said with respect to how Google and big tech tracks you is spot on.
Thanks Rob for the excellent security review and the high-value PSA (Public Service Announcement).

[duminicad]

as an experienced developer, I'm impressed with you knowledge, subscribed in a heartbeat!

[doomnationalist]

I am throwing my phone out and gonna live my life out in the forest. Goodbye everybody.

[delicrux]

This is why i was so upset when google bought the project for modular phones it would have been amazing to have removable gps wifi and bluetooth moduals or hardware kill switches.
Google killed it immediately because this would have destroyed the phone market(driving prices down due to 3rd party hardware competition) and messed with their data analytics.

[Marr]

Thank you for this video. English is not my primary language and I don't need to read the auto subtitle, thanks to your slow and clear speech.
Edit : subscribed. Your new videos in 4K are so nice to look at

[suyashdahale]

In current scenario ... All these knowledge should be part of school education ...

[s.mendez]

You can disable WiFi Scanning, and Bluetooth Scanning. A simple RF meter will reveal if the phone is still emanating RF with those features disabled, and while the phone is in Airplane Mode to confirm.

[alanx]

the mistake oneplus made with the opo was that they made it too future proof, am still using it, Los is still compatible and being updated for opo

[rizn]

Dude really appreciated this! You really broke down everything in easy to understand way! Thank you! Definitely subscribing!

[thecozyplace]

This has been so informative! I appreciate all the effort of explaining WHAT our choices are first before making a decision. Even my dopamine-starved brain sat and listen to every word you said. I've subbed and liked!

[userba]

Boomers: I don't trust those smart devices
Millenials: lol ok boomer
Zoomers: I don't trust those smart devices

[blxbmjw]

I'm curious why this video is still on YouTube!?😳

[nikko]

Stunning job, Rob! That’s something everyone should watch before using any android smartphone.

[electricalbatross]

14:10 this is a problem that isn't unique to just phones, like how HP Laptop audio drivers were found to have built-in keyloggers. It just goes to show there is no software solution for top-notch privacy. The only Android phone I know about to have completely rewritten drivers is the galaxy S3, and that is hardly powerful enough to keep up with today's demands.

[DeeBee]

GPS has worked indoors for years ever since the company called Sirf invented a GPS receiver that can pick up fragments of GPS signal and piece them together. Obviously outdoors is a better signal but you can get a GPS position indoors these days

[bricewillous]

Very interesting ! Definitely worthes warching it ! "doing a little for your privacy is better than doing nothing"... well said !

[FlockeDerBoss]

Great video with a lot of information, clearly, slowly and detailed enough to understand!
I would have appreciated you to clean your sweater though. Distracted me a lot xD

[MGSBESTProductions]

Great and very informative! I Zucking love it!

[alkane]

Love the content, really eye opening!