Leaving Apple & Google: Google's “privacy-preserving” tool for ad targeting, FLoC, is anything but that, Make your Fairphone last longer, New devices & updates - e Foundation - deGoogled unGoogled smartphone operating systems and online services

Posted on 11 Mar 2021 |

Leaving Apple & Google:

Google’s “privacy-preserving” tool for ad targeting, FLoC, is anything but that 
Make your Fairphone last longer
New devices & Upgrades

Google's “privacy-preserving” tool for ad targeting, FLoC, is anything but that

Under FLoC (Federated Learning of Cohorts), a person’s browser would collect any data generated by that browsing and group it into a large pool of data from people with similar online behavior. In other words, it would still allow Google to track, target and sell this information to advertisers. It would also give them a leg up on their competitors in the field of ad tracking.

Read the full article by EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation) that breaks down how FLoC technology would work and the serious privacy and discrimination problems it could raise.

Make your Fairphone last longer!

Our smartphones are with us all day, everyday and that can be a bumpy ride sometimes.This month, we’re helping your Fairphone last longer!

For any purchase of an /e/-Fairphone 3 or /e/-Fairphone 3+ from March 1st to 31st receive a free Longevity Pack: a Protective Case and Screen Protector.

Find out more at on the Fairphone product pages at https://esolutions.shop

New devices & Upgrades

Is it your turn to switch to /e/OS?

/e/OS now supports seven new phone models on Q and two new tablets on Pie:

the Motorola E 2015 LTE
the Motorola Moto G3 Turbo
the Motorola Moto One Power
the Motorola Moto X 2014
the Lenovo P2
the Nubia Z17
the Yandex Phone
the Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 8.0 Wi-Fi 2016
the Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 9.7 Wi-Fi 2016

This brings the number of officially supported devices to 146!

Find all the info on /e/OS compatible devices in our documentation.

Support the project!

User’s data privacy and finding alternatives to regain control over our data has never been a more pressing issue than it is today. The timing is great to build something new!