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Continuing a bit with the degoogling of my phone. See the first part here if you missed that. It's about setting up CalyxOS. Here is part two, about Google MFA. Don't miss it. What I did to prevent typing in all 400+ contacts again: First: export your google contacts. I used this page for reference. It comes down to: After this: I have a Nextcloud subscription. I went into the dashboard and imported the file…

➡️ Important thing: If you have your phone set up as a "tap 'yes' on your device" device, remember to disable that in your Google account before you go all in. Once you went to an alternate Android OS, your device will NOT receive this kind of message any more, so make sure you have a few backup options available, like backup codes, a phone number for a text message, or an MFA app on…

A few years ago I bought a new phone. A FairPhone, because I like their business model and how they work hard to keep devices going by making them very repairable. It's a very reliable phone, feels good for me, looks good for me. Works as it should. After installing the DuckDuckGo browser and activating the app snooping option (a VPN which blocks trackers from tracking), I found there are many of those things going on.