Article at the link above might be enlightening for some. However, it is misleading. As far as I know, LineageOS reports to Google only if GoogleApps are installed. However, by default GApps are not installed. AFAIK LineageOS only performs time synchronization with Google's NTP servers. However, I've read in other resources that LineageOS goes to Google servers. And I'm going to check it by myself using
PCAPdroid (No-root network monitor and traffic dump tool for Android devices).
Personally, I prefer to use
LineageOS for microG now, once LineageOS officially supports POCO X3 NFC.
The article in question is composed in a manner that makes reader to believe that /e/ is safer in data security sense than LineageOS. This is very debatable notion.
Here is how /e/ dissuades me from using it:
- /e/ doesn't promote FLOSS (Free/Libre and Open Source Software). It states that convenience must take precedence over security. This is devil's joke. It always leads down surveillance path. See Ubuntu case which, AFAIK, still sells your data (even local searches) to Amazon and others. Still, because they told us they stopped doing that several years ago.
- /e/ contains propriatory software in it's distribution. Why? According to their statement, it is convenient. Of course, it reports back home only necessary data and no user-sensitive data is sent. And you have to believe them, because code is closed and you can't verify their claim.
- /e/ promotes their cloud service to store all your e-mails, calendars, files, etc. Just like Google or Microsoft. Potentially this enables them to better profile you and spy on you.
- /e/'s new trademark is Murena. According to naturalists, murena is poisonous, devious, unpredictable predatory fish.