The /e / pro-privacy Android Rom
/e/ is an a mobile ecosystem (ROM + onlines services) that:is open sourceis pro-privacyis compatible with most existing Android applicationscares about usability
UnGoogling
The goal of “unGoogling” is to remove or disable any little or big feature that is sending any data to Google servers, and to offer non-Google default online services, including for search.Google default search engine is removed everywhere and replaced by other services (see below in default apps and services)Google Services are replaced by microG and alternative services (see below for more details)all Google apps are removed and replaced by good alternative applicationsGoogle servers are not used anymore to check connectivityNTP servers are not Google NTP servers anymoreDNS default servers are not Google anymore, and their settings can be enforced by the user to a specific serverGeolocation is using Mozilla Location Services in addition to GPSCalDAV/CardDAV management and synchronization application (DAVDroid) is fully integrated with the user account and calendar/contact application
“UnGoogling”The goal of “unGoogling” is to remove or disable any little or big feature that is sending any data to Google servers, and to offer non-Google default online services, including for search.Google default search engine is removed everywhere and replaced by other services (see below in default apps and services)Google Services are replaced by microG and alternative services (see below for more details)all Google apps are removed and replaced by good alternative applicationsGoogle servers are not used anymore to check connectivityNTP servers are not Google NTP servers anymoreDNS default servers are not Google anymore, and their settings can be enforced by the user to a specific serverGeolocation is using Mozilla Location Services in addition to GPSCalDAV/CardDAV management and synchronization application (DAVDroid) is fully integrated with the user account and calendar/contact application
ServicesA specific file synchronization service has been developed for multimedia and file contents. It can use /e/ cloud services server at https://ecloud.global or self-hosted /e/ cloud services (beta).The weather provider is the LOS weather provider using data fetched from Open Weather MapAccount Manager has been modified to support /e/ user accounts, with a single identity, thus providing /e/ email, /e/ sync, /e/ calendar, /e/ contacts, /e/ notes, /e/ tasks to users. /e/ cloud server is either at ecloud.global, or self-hosted by the user (ongoing)
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