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Help me choose a phone. (slrpnk.net)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by sun@slrpnk.net to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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I cannot use a custom ROM as I need apps that sadly enforce the Google Play Integrity API, and no GrapheneOS with Google Play Services dose not passes this check.

I am stuck between an iPhone and a Google Pixel.

I have government apps and a work app on my phone that I do not want to route through a VPN or any other type of proxy(All apps are in the Android privet spaces). The only thing I need to go through a VPN/proxy is my browser (I know brave have a VPN in their browser but I don't want to use or pay for it and the DuckDuckGo vpn is system wide and the Firefox vpn does not have a Firefox exstention on iOS or android). I need to be able to change countries myself (I don't think you can do that with Apple's Private Relay), as I live in the EU and ID checks for social media, other things, and maybe even Wikipedia are coming soon. Android support split tunneling but iOS don't.

I need to have Facebook Messenger installed on my phone and active all the time (I cannot put it into the private space feature on Android).

I use another service for mail and backup, so iCloud end-to-end encryption is not a plus for me.

I don't communicate much over SMS, but I would be able to chat over iMessage instead of Facebook Messenger with some contacts.

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[–] solrize@lemmy.ml 18 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Use a separate phone for the work stuff.

[–] Lfrith@lemmy.ca 10 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Yep don't mix work and personal devices. Im surprised work wouldn't be providing a work phone.

Or maybe they decided to use a work phone as a personal phone too which shouldn't be done.

[–] sun@slrpnk.net 2 points 3 months ago

It's not necessary to have the app installed, but in reality, it is.

I had tried to mitigate it by using Android's private spaces, but I now use it in a web browser on my phone but I don't get notifications

[–] monovergent@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Work phones are unfortunately rare, at least in my field. The number of people who put work apps on their personal phones without a second thought and expect I do the same is astonishing.

[–] Lfrith@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 months ago

I don't find it surprising, since its not too common a thing for the average person to even consider it could not be ideal. Does lead to some concerning situations though like doing personal projects on a work device that could end up being considered now property of the company.