I’m not an advanced phone user, the deactivating of apps confuses me… I think I have also seen things get stealth reactivated on updates (my samsung). Hard to trust if this helps anything…
My relatives think their amazon echoes are not spying on them because they opted out of being spied on as a tangential example
This is the correct answer. When I get a new phone I rip out the bloatware and disable the rest. It usually takes a couple days to achieve a minimal but stable config. Yes updates reenable things. Maintenance is required if you want privacy.
In the phones I’ve had, you could deactivate it even if it can’t be uninstalled.
I’m not an advanced phone user, the deactivating of apps confuses me… I think I have also seen things get stealth reactivated on updates (my samsung). Hard to trust if this helps anything…
My relatives think their amazon echoes are not spying on them because they opted out of being spied on as a tangential example
This is the correct answer. When I get a new phone I rip out the bloatware and disable the rest. It usually takes a couple days to achieve a minimal but stable config. Yes updates reenable things. Maintenance is required if you want privacy.