CalyxOS – De-Googled Android Alternative
The thing which always makes me hesitant about these projects is that they don't receive frequent security audits and not having an expensive brand behind them makes them more at risk to being willing to trash their name at the cost of my privacy and security.  I consider these to be a fairly critical part of any project which claims superior privacy and security.I think about it this way: Should I trustA. The company which has thousands of developers working on it and wants to avoid their brand being dirtied by failures in security and privacy.B. The small group of people who have formed an organization which may or may not be another Anom like FBI controlled software.Don't get me wrong, I absolutely want to pick B, but I consider it much more risky since there are a lot more unknowns around that.  At least with A I know what I'm getting (basically a free flow of my info to whichever government asks for it, but cross my fingers they don't ask for it or that A doesn't want too broad of a breach of trust).