Download Most Secure & Private Mobile os For Android /e/

/e/ os for Your smartphone is harvesting your data all day long, capturing with great detail where you are, who you are and what you’re doing 24/7.Time to escape from Mobile Surveillance!

/e/ is forked from LineageOS. We’ve modified several parts of the system (and we’re just beginning): installation procedure, settings organization, default settings. We’ve disabled and/or removed any software or services that were sending personal data to Google (for instance, the default search engine is no longer Google). We’ve integrated microG by default, have replaced some of the default applications, and modified others. We have added a synchronization background software service that syncs multimedia contents (pictures, videos, audio, files…) and settings to a cloud drive, when activated.

Also, we’ve replaced the LineageOS launcher with our own new launcher, written from scratch, that has a totally different look and feel from default LineageOS.

We’ve implemented several /e/ online services, with a single /e/ user identity (user@e.email). This infrastructure will be offered as docker image for self hosting: drive, email, calendar… to those who prefer self-hosting.

What’s in /e/?

/e/ is an a mobile ecosystem (ROM + onlines services) that:

• is open source
• is pro-privacy
• is compatible with most existing Android applications
• cares about usability
• already exists!

It’s the alternative to the Apple/Google duopoly on the smartphone.

It consists of:

• an installable mobile operating system for smartphones, which is forked from Android and strongly “ungoogled”
• a set of sorted and improved default open source applications
• various online services that are linked to the mobile operating system, such as: a meta search engine for the web, drive (with synchronization), mail, calendar, notes, tasks.

Description of the /e/ ROM (installable mobile operating system)

The /e/ ROM is a fork of Android (and in particular the LineageOS flavor of Android). At the moment, two versions are supported: Android Nougat and Android Oreo. Android Pie will be supported in a near future.

“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 applications
• Google servers are not used anymore to check connectivity
• NTP servers are not Google NTP servers anymore
• DNS default servers are not Google anymore, and their settings can be enforced by the user to a specific server
• Geolocation is using Mozilla Location Services in addition to GPS
• CalDAV/CardDAV management and synchronization application (DAVDroid) is fully integrated with the user account and calendar/contact application

Pre installed Apps in /e/

• Web-browser: an ungoogled fork of Chromium, built from Bromite patch-sets, with specific /e/ settings
• Mail: a fork of K9-mail for better user experience, some bugfixes and support for oauth, with OpenKeyChain for PGP encryption support
• SMS: a fork of QKSMS
• Camera: a fork of OpenCamera
• Dialer: default Android dialer application
• Calendar: a fork of Etar calendar, that fixes crashes with calendar invitations
• Contact: default Android contact application
• Clock: a fork of Android deskclock application
• Gallery: default Android gallery3d application
• Filemanager: Android documentsui application
• Sound recorder: default LineageOS sound recorder
• Calculator: default Android calculator2 application
• Keyboard: default Android keyboard
• Android application installer is /e/ application installer

Other preinstalled applications:

• Maps: MagicEarth (read the FAQ about its license)
• Weather: a fork of GoodWeather for a modified user interface, using data fetched from Open Weather Map
• PDF reader: PdfViewer Plus
• Notes: a fork of NextCloud Notes to support /e/ online accounts
• Tasks: OpenTasks

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