Is there any way I can remove the spyware samsung and google used to spy on me without installing degogled android? I used the samsung galaxy a13

  • pootriarch@poptalk.scrubbles.tech
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    1 year ago

    putting a different rom on a samsung is something they don’t allow. not to say it can’t be done, but it’s above my pay grade. eventually i’ll get a different phone.

    i disabled a bunch of stuff using adb and pm uninstall -k --user 0 package. i won’t list it all here unless someone asks - everyone’s list will be different, and just disabling things willy-nilly can break stuff.

    i have nextdns (a paid service). this is configured as the phone’s private dns provider.

    • my router intercepts all unencrypted dns, to any address, and handles it using nextdns.
    • my router rejects all traffic to 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4, which are the google servers most commonly used by bad actors to bypass restrictive dns.

    i haven’t checked lately for suspicious connections to other dns providers. i think cloudflare and quad9 may have similarly obvious ip addresses for dns that should be blocked.

    my nextdns config rejects the samsung-related domains below explicitly, and has the ‘native samsung tracker’ enabled also.

    • *.gos-gsp.io
    • *.hiyaapi.com
    • *.ospserver.net
    • *.picks.my
    • *.samqaicongen.com
    • *.atlas.samsung.com
    • *.dqa.samsung.com
    • *.mcsvc.samsung.com
    • *.samsungapps.com
    • *.samsungdm.com
    • *.samsungknox.com
    • *.samsungrs.com
    • *.samsungcloud.com
    • *.samsungosp.com
    • *.samsungvisioncloud.com