New phone - new OS
Google’s support for my current Pixel phone will end in a couple of weeks and though CalyxOS will probably still release updates for quite a while, it will...
Android
Android without Google (Part 2: Moving to CalyxOS)
Once you’ve installed CalyxOS on your (Pixel) phone you’re ready to play with settings and preinstalled apps. If you’d like to give it a clean start you ca...
Android without Google (Part 1: Installing CalyxOS)
For a couple of years already I like to get rid of Google on my Android powered smartphone. Though I think that technically Google’s services cannot be outma...
Mobile messenger apps
The thing about trust is it’s a very individual matter. For example I do trust Google (to a certain degree), however I do not trust WhatsApp or even less Fac...
EncFS & Dropbox for Linux/Android/Windows/MacOSX
Nowadays there are a lot of possibilities of storing documents online - which is quite handy if you need to have stuff available on different devices or shar...
HTC Desire
Since about 3/4 of a year now I’m the proud owner of an Android powered smartphone: I decided to go with HTC’s Desire which is kind of a rebuilt of Google’s ...