On Mon, 07 Nov 2022 17:25:10 +0000
Charles Bridges via Dng <dng@???> wrote:

> Hey Tito,
> My US Bank app works fine. You might have to install a service called
> microG to get the google dependant apps to run. It poses as google's
> dependancies without sending any info to the big G. Most all apps that
> I have seen only check if the service is available, hence the microG
> spoof.
> F-droid and Aurora store are the stores to use because if you
> install/use google play on a de-googled phone you come under the G-
> system tracking per Rob Braxman videos on youtube, rumble, etc.
> F-droid is mostly tracking free but will tell you if there is any
> tracking or possible malicious content (like ads inside the app) on the
> apps before you download. 
> Aurora store fetches apps anonymously directly from google if you need
> a special app not available on F-droid.
> For myself, I have been very impressed with apps from both stores that
> are ad and tracking free.
>
> Cheers!

Hi,

I've tried microG, F-Droid, Aurora, nice but just
for the geeks.
I suspect that particular app (but there were other ones) checked
the release keys of the ROM against some kind of database.

Just my 2 cents.

Ciao,
Tito

>
>
> On Mon, 2022-11-07 at 16:21 +0100, tito via Dng wrote:
> > On Sun, 06 Nov 2022 15:31:18 +0000
> > Charles Bridges via Dng <dng@???> wrote:
> >
> > > Hendrik,
> > > Please excuse my intrusion of your thread :-)
> > > Have you considered LineageOS? I have been using it for several
> > > years
> > > and it works fine. It runs the latest FOSS andriod and it does not
> > > have
> > > any google anything on it. So unless you absolutely need them then
> > > LineageOS might be a good alternative. I was able to install on my
> > > motorola G7 but there are hundreds of phones you can install on
> > > with
> > > instructions on the website. Heck, if I can do it as a non-techie
> > > anyone can do it :-)
> > > Lineageos.org
> > > Alternatively Rob Brazman sells de-googled phones for between $300-
> > > $600
> > > last time I looked.
> > > brax.me
> > >
> > > Cheers!
> > > Charles
> >
> > Hi,
> > problem is that your banking app probably
> > will not run on lineageos as some of them
> > check if the bootloader was unlocked,
> > or the phone was rooted (e.g. barclays
> > app refused to run....).
> >
> > Ciao.
> > Tito
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Sun, 2022-11-06 at 07:52 -0500, Hendrik Boom wrote:
> > > > On Sat, Nov 05, 2022 at 08:06:41PM -0400, Steve Litt wrote:
> > > > > Hendrik Boom said on Sat, 5 Nov 2022 13:27:05 -0400
> > > > >
> > > > > > On Sat, Nov 05, 2022 at 10:04:17AM +0100, Didier Kryn wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > There will be if people go on buying their computers from
> > > > > > Linux-enthusiastc companies.
> > > > >
> > > > > Unfortunately, System76 and the other Linux-installed computers
> > > > > are
> > > > > twice the price for the same hardware. I'm willing to take one
> > > > > for
> > > > > the
> > > > > team, but double? No.
> > > >
> > > > I noticed this when I bought my Purism laptop.
> > > >
> > > > I was *not* about to spend good money on a laptop
> > > > and discover it was locked down to Windows.
> > > >
> > > > Now I'm encountering the same issue with replacing my Android
> > > > phone.
> > > >
> > > > Looking at Pinephone and the Purism phone.  Purism phone
> > > > manufactured
> > > > in the USA was about $2000 last time I looked.  or a ower proce I
> > > > could order one made in China for a mere $1200 or so, but
> > > > delivery
> > > > time was listed as 52 weeks.
> > > >
> > > > Pinephone was notieably cheaper -- some models an order ot
> > > > magnitude
> > > > cheaper.
> > > >
> > > > -- hendrik