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• My review on the FP3 when it came out
  https://lxcast.net/lxcast-2-fairphone-3-fair-but-not-free-yet/

• Two solutions for a free OS:

  1. lineage OS - free android with the Gapps removed
     https://download.lineageos.org/FP3

  2. the /e/ project !! A "de-googled" operating system - actually a fork of lineage OS - this is what I'm going to talk about here.
     https://e.foundation/about-e/

• The research paper on Google Data Collection by Professor Douglas C. Schmidt, Vanderbilt University (2018) - learn how and how often normal Android phones send your data to Google servers.
  https://digitalcontentnext.org/blog/2018/08/21/google-data-collection-research/

• Another background article on tracking (in German) based on research from a Norwegian journalist:
  https://www.golem.de/news/datenschutz-wie-ich-die-ueberwacher-in-meinem-smartphone-aufspuerte-2012-152829-2.html

• MicroG services, a replacement for Google's libraries on /e/ with purely open-source implementations.

• The man behind the /e/ project: Gael Duval, pioneer of Open Source, Mandrake, Ulteo...
  https://www.indidea.org/gael/blog/about-gael-duval/

• His article outlining his vision for /e/ : https://gael-duval.medium.com/e-os-redefines-the-mobile-operating-system-paradigm-for-a-more-sustainable-world-4e929b1010c

• You can buy a FP3 and an FP3 + with /e/ pre-installed here !!
  https://esolutions.shop/de/

• Installing on your phone: over 110 devices supported: from Asus to Google, to Oneplus and Xiaomi
  https://doc.e.foundation/devices/

• Install /e/ on FairPhone FP3 - FP3 | /e/ documentation

• Privacy ratings of apps: https://exodus-privacy.eu

• Alternative launchers:

  • KISS launcher
  • Simple launcher

• I recommended you add these apps:

  • Antennapod - podcast client
  • FairEmail or simple email
  • Fennec (Firefox)
  • Signal
  • newpipe for watching youtube without being tracked

• Backup via adb is apparently broken | Not the fault of /e/!!

• You cannot simply flash a new recovery, such as TWRP, to flash images or backup, instead, you can use this method
  https://twrp.me/fairphone/fairphone3.html

• Donate or become a member to keep the project going:
  https://e.foundation/donate-2/

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