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Originally Posted by LisaFass View Post
Hoi,
just some thought provoking questions

since Meego is discontinued i was wondering how safe it is regarding privacy compared to android or microsoft phone os, which arguably have back doors in the system. Also regarding hardware, for example i read the privacy statements of HMD and Huawei, where they quite explicitely say they will log your every action on the phone etc.

Since google apps are not integrated into meego and basically all apps running now are by developpers (openrepos etc), is it likely the provacy is better on meego? only unfortunate thing is battery os non removable. it has been proven that android phones still send out gps data to google servers even if in flight mode - that is something that cant happen with N9 right,? assuming i use non google apps

or is meego much more "attackable" now since it may lack current security updates?
let me know what you think
Both scenarios apply to some extent.

As long as you do not install google stuff you are safe from their eyes; however using openrepos means you need to trust the community developers. I would say it is fairly safe to do that, but the most paranoid people only install stuff they have compiled themselves.

The fact that the kernel and libraries are hopelessly obsolete does mean that there are gaping holes to be exploited. However the N9 devices are fairly rare so I guess that gives some safety; there is probably nobody actively trying to break into your device.
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