So recently my moto G60 reached the end of life with respect to security updates. That was the reason I was using to prevent myself from switching to a custom rom(actual reason is laziness). This phone has rom support for pixel experience and lineage OS. So my questions are if pixel experience has any privacy advantages when compared to the stock rom the phone ships with¿? Also if I flash GApps along with lineage OS will all the privacy advantages I get with lineage disappear¿? I might need Google play services for some banking applications.
Motorola phones are very easy to mod(root,custom rom) and even if you brick the phone in most cases you can just use the lenovo recovery tool. I personally use crdroid but lineage is fine too. I recommend you use microg with magisk to hide that the device is root/has custom rom. You can also just use shelter for the banking apps.
The OS itself is private because it’s DeGoogled. I also installed GApps because I wanted the convinence of the App store and core feature I’ve been used to for so long.
I also knew the moment I did the google-fication privacy was out the window.
I was fine with LineageOS and would happily go back when my Pixel7a becomes EOL.
If you use gapps you basically screw the privacy benifits. Use yourbank.com from a browser or get a new bank
Lineage does not have any special privacy features besides not having gapps. You can use Microg for a balance between privacy and convenience.
Use aurora store and don’t login with any account. You will need the lineage for microg version or root to get it working
The only way to use google play services and retain any privacy is to completely sandbox them, and the only OS that actually does this is GrapheneOS.
as you didn’t mention Calyx, are there any security/privacy benefits of using it?
DivestOS (a Lineage fork) permits you to run MicroG as a user app, so it can be run within a user profile (e.g.the work profile).
How do you think this compares to the Graphene approach? (This stuff is above my pay grade, hence the question).
Edit: Divest is only available for a handful of devices, fewer than what Lineage supports.
So are you saying that privacy wise there is no difference between a device running stock rom and a rom like lineage with GApps??
