• Noedel@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    Does NFC still work? (I know that low key defeats the purpose of a privacy oriented android build but yeah)

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      5 days ago

      Yes, NFC the technology works. However, certain applications, like Google Wallet can be problematic and require workarounds (not because of technology itself though)

      I know that low key defeats the purpose of a privacy oriented android build but yeah

      Not everyone using a custom ROM is doing it for privacy reasons. I see privacy as a perk but I mainly use custom ROMs to keep my devices around longer and to get new features.

      Even for those who are concerned about privacy, I don’t think NFC is that big of a security hole. I know some people who turn it on only when they’re using it, but that’s pretty painless.

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        5 days ago

        Yeah I did that with an old Motorola, it went for years. Now I have a pixel and it seems to come with a lot of features that break when installing an alternative OS

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          5 days ago

          I bought a Pixel because of how universal its support is with custom OSes. What features are broken there?

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            4 days ago

            I remember reading some Reddit comments about certain camera functions no longer working. I bought the pixel for the camera and I don’t want to break that functionality.

            Disclaimer: I’ve never really looked into different OS’s and what they do/don’t do

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      5 days ago

      afaik it should. but why do you think NFC defeats privacy? it is quite short range, isn’t it? having google services is much worse

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        5 days ago

        Well, I was mostly concerned about google knowing where I’m shopping. I know using google pay is lazy buy I’m not perfect…

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          oh google pay, I see. but that’s not NFC’s fault, it’s useful for other things too.

          speaking about it, I’m not sure google pay will work. but I never used it, so I don’t know for sure, but there’s this suspicion after what banks do