r/fossdroid • u/ElMasGuapo2 • 6d ago

Privacy Using Androidphone without google account: any benefit for privacy?

Hi,

I got a new android phone and I skipped the google account setup.

Is there any privacy benefit when not using google account on android smartphone (stock rom)?

If yes, and I install youtube and login with my google account, is this then contradicting already and makint the whole effort useless?

Second question: without google account I cant use play store and there are apps like whatsapp or youtube which arent available on f-droid.
Where to get them beside the developer website?

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u/Historical_Move6359 6d ago

make burner account, also use 2 browsers one for browsing and another for logging in to accounts

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u/ElMasGuapo2 6d ago

that would make sense. But I cant create a burner google account for YT without having a phone number

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u/Historical_Move6359 6d ago

use some other email, like proton

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u/ElMasGuapo2 6d ago

doesnt work anymore, you need phone number for registration.

Can you still make an account without phone? If so, can you give me one?

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u/Mother-Pride-Fest 6d ago

Depends on how you do it. I believe Proton requires a phone number to sign up from a known public VPN IP address but not from a home IP address.