I do agree with that, as they state on their website that their OS stops data breaches.
LibertOS stops data breaches, offers fast and precise privacy controls, and includes a quick-access side-button for settings.
Which is an absurd claim. Like what?
I believe I may have witnessed Proton employing that marketing strategy in the past, but I could be mistaken. Could have been ExpressVPN or WeVPN (RIP). As a marketing claim, it doesn’t particularly bother me. I think it’s merely an attempt to appeal to non-technical individuals.
I must respectfully disagree with that assertion. Simply because a company manufactures a phone for a group they anticipate purchasing it does not constitute exploitation; rather, it represents the essence of running a business. Similarly, when privacy companies assert that Google sells personal data, they are mistaken. So, is that exploitation? While it is true that Google collects and utilizes data for its own advertising network and is not private, the fact is that Google does not engage in the sale of personal information.
How We Handle Ads, Funding, and Data Security - Google - About Google.
We don’t sell your personal information to anyone
We use your personal information to make our products more helpful to you. It’s how we can autocomplete your searches, get you home faster with Maps, or show you more useful ads based on your interests. But we never sell your personal information to anyone and you can use many of our products without signing in or saving any personal information at all.
When we show ads, advertisers pay us either for the placement of an ad – like a banner at the top of a web page – or for how an ad actually performs – like when someone clicks on it. Advertisers do not pay us for personal information, such as your name or email, and we never share that information with advertisers, unless you ask us to. We also never use your emails, documents, photos, or sensitive information like race, religion, or sexual orientation, to personalize ads to you. We share reports with our advertisers to help them understand the performance of their ads, but we do so without revealing any of your personal information. At every point in the process of showing you ads, we keep your personal information protected with industry-leading security technologies.
The simplest way to explain this is:
-Google collects your data.
-They categorize you based on your interests.
-Google bids this categorization (not personal data) to the highest ad bidder.
-Your name, personal information, etc., is never exposed during this process.
-How companies obtain this personal data is through third-party cookies.
-As when you are signed into Google or other accounts, they can access your data and create a profile on you because of third party cookies.
That is why Google proposed Privacy Sandbox so that they would eradicate third-party cookies and improve third-party privacy. The only issue with that is Google would have been the sole owner of personal data, and data brokers would have gone out of business, making Google an even bigger monopoly. We all know how that went. As the EU blocked it because of antitrust concerns.
I still need to conduct more research on him. However, from his Wikipedia page, I didn’t find anything that raised many red flags (except for his affiliation as a chairman for a company in Hong Kong). Nevertheless, my opinion could change with further research.
But from all the controversy surrounding this company, I have decided not to get this phone.