ANDROID- BASED EELO OS FOCUSES ON USER PRIVACY

Data privacy is not ethically right on the part of these tech giants to feed on user’s private data in the name of ‘ improving the user experience’. Android is currently the widely adopted OS in the world and it suffers from several data privacy issues, considering its guardian thrives on massive banks of valuable user data. However, a new custom OS intends to change this fact a little. Meet EELO.

Based on open source Android, EELO is an attempt to provide users with a smartphone experience where users don’t have to worry about data privacy concerns and enjoy the freedom to choose between services from other third- party developers. Gael Duval, the creator of Mandrake Linux, is behind this new custom OS. Currently, EELO is basically an extension of Lineage OS with a modified launcher and some fancy ‘ iOSinspired’ icons.

EELO’s future ecosystem will let users choose the apps they want to use. The company feels that they will able to solve the issue of data privacy and prevent the dependence of the world on the big names of the IT industry. EELO eventually aims to extend similar software ecosystem to PCs and other forms of devices in the future. An EELO smartphone is also in the pipeline, provided the company’s aims start rewarding.

However, open source software is more vulnerable to cyber attacks. EELO should address the matter of data security and strive for a strict ecosystem like Apple’s iOS.