[forward1]

You're kidding yourself if you think three letter agencies don't have LOS users on a list and have capabilities to spy on them on demand with tailored access.

[g-b-r]

Maybe, but for sure avoiding stock Android and Google apps increases privacy a lot.

[forward1]

Depends on your definition of privacy. Maybe privacy from Google, at the cost of additional scrutiny from domestic intelligence services.

[g-b-r]

There are few cases where that would be worse than using a normal all-monitoring android