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Re: PSA: Fossify Simple Mobile Tools FOSS replacement apps

From Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com>
Newsgroups comp.mobile.android
Subject Re: PSA: Fossify Simple Mobile Tools FOSS replacement apps
Date 2026-05-04 11:08 -0600
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Theo wrote:
> Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> wrote:
>> How does "paying" destroy privacy? Did you get your phone, your internet
>> access and computers for free as a gift?
> 
> The problem is that it requires a payment method, which requires details
> like real-name, real-address, email, etc.  Additionally those are often tied
> to an 'account'.

Bingo.

Theo answered the question better than I could possibly answer it myself.

Let's not forget that the microsecond that we establish an "account" on
your device, our privacy is toast. 

On a phone, there is no single thing you could possibly do for privacy that
beats NOT putting an account on the phone (whether that's iOS or Android).

Unless we're super clever with bitcoin (which I'm not), then the simple
privacy rule is never pay a single cent for anything on that phone.

I can't stress this point more than to say that of the million things we
need to know about privacy, not having an account is the first of them.
-- 
Nobody who complains about privacy has a case if they set up an account.

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PSA: Fossify Simple Mobile Tools FOSS replacement apps Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-04-30 21:07 -0600
  Re: PSA: Fossify Simple Mobile Tools FOSS replacement apps Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-05-02 00:04 -0600
    Re: PSA: Fossify Simple Mobile Tools FOSS replacement apps Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-05-02 17:49 -0600
      Re: PSA: Fossify Simple Mobile Tools FOSS replacement apps Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-05-03 23:56 -0600
    Re: PSA: Fossify Simple Mobile Tools FOSS replacement apps Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2026-05-03 14:40 +0200
      Re: PSA: Fossify Simple Mobile Tools FOSS replacement apps Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-05-03 14:16 -0600
        Re: PSA: Fossify Simple Mobile Tools FOSS replacement apps Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2026-05-04 09:12 +0200
          Re: PSA: Fossify Simple Mobile Tools FOSS replacement apps Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2026-05-04 11:56 +0100
            Re: PSA: Fossify Simple Mobile Tools FOSS replacement apps Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2026-05-04 17:02 +0200
            Re: PSA: Fossify Simple Mobile Tools FOSS replacement apps Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-05-04 11:08 -0600
  Re: PSA: Fossify Simple Mobile Tools FOSS replacement apps Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2026-05-03 14:37 +0200
    Re: PSA: Fossify Simple Mobile Tools FOSS replacement apps Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-05-03 13:57 -0600

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