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TurtleRecall-
What security toolset, out of interest?
- AdAway - Control of hosts file to block all adverts and intrusive tracking.
- XPrivacy - Per-app control of permissions (access to contacts, accounts, internet, etc).
Basically none of the apps I use talk to stuff I don't want them to, and none of them make requests to anything that tracks me or shows me adverts.
Even something like the Guardian app... no adverts, no cookie store, no app metrics being fed back, no access to accounts, no access to contacts.
- AdAway - Control of hosts file to block all adverts and intrusive tracking.
Velocio
And when it comes time for me to upgrade, it's probably a Moto X.
I always root for the security toolset I use, and the Sony Xperia Z3 (and Z3 Compact) both use a DRM partition to offer the software that drives the hardware... that is, if you unlock the bootloader the DRM partition loses the keys that open it, and you lose the partition, which wipes out all noise reduction algos for the camera and various other things. So unlocking the phone loses you a load of the advertised capabilities (how good the camera is, etc).
The unlocked and rooted Moto X will therefore trump the Z3 as nothing degrades by it being unlocked. Plus it will get the Android L updates.