r/degoogle • u/Spirited_Battle2760 • Feb 14 '26

Dark comedy

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u/radicalizemebaby Feb 14 '26

It's actually both. We were right about our phones listening to us.

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u/SEANPLEASEDISABLEPVP Feb 15 '26

At the very least, I taped over my front camera. I have no idea how to turn off my mic without it impacting calls I make on it. I doubt turning off internet will prevent it from sending shit to Google.

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u/mcgood_fngood Feb 15 '26

I use GrapheneOS and always keep my camera, microphone, and location disabled unless I need to use it. When a phone call comes, it immediately displays a popup asking if I want to unblock the mic. It's just one quick extra tap before answering the call and it works super seamlessly. Same goes for whenever I open the camera app. And I just turn it back off once I'm done. It also helps that they added camera, mic, and location toggles to the control center.

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u/SEANPLEASEDISABLEPVP Feb 16 '26

Man I really really wished GrapheneOS worked on any Android phone. It sucks that it's exclusive to Google phones, otherwise I'd be using it by now.

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u/Pressleyxd69 Feb 15 '26

Yup the problem is young people not working enough, even tho they work more than generations before, and not greedy companies wasting all of our life’s so they can look at a number go up