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 * '''Android based OSes'''
 ** '''[https://www.replicant.us/ Replicant]''' ('''Freedom and Privacy Tip''') is the only Android OS that is 100% free software, so all proprietary Android parts are removed. It is clearly the most privacy friendly Android flavor, but since it is only supported on a limited number of mostly old devices and it lacks many features people are used to on their smartphones it's mostly relevant for activists and free software idealists. They have some [https://www.replicant.us/freedom-privacy-security-issues.php#recommendations great recommendations] on how to be extra safe.
-** <img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a3/Lineageos_logo.png" height="16"/> **[Lineage OS](https://www.lineageos.org/)** (**Beginner Tip**) is a great compromise between privacy and usability for most users. It is actively developed by a great community and receives timely security updates and Android upgrades and comes with some cool built in features that other Android OSes lack.
+** '''[https://www.lineageos.org/ Lineage OS]''' ('''Beginner Tip''') is a great compromise between privacy and usability for most users. It is actively developed by a great community and receives timely security updates and Android upgrades and comes with some cool built in features that other Android OSes lack.
-** Let me here mention other <abbr title="Android Open Source Project">**AOSP**</abbr>-based OSes in general. Most are probably similar to LOS when it comes to privacy, but have less features. One notable mention (❗️ here I am biased) is <img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/77/FairPhone_Star_logo.png" height="16"/> **[Fairphone Open OS](https://code.fairphone.com/)** which is one of the few such OSes that is officially supported by the phone manufacturer and one of the few that comes with <abbr title="addon for the F-Droid client app that let's it act as a system app">F-Droid privileged extension</abbr> preinstalled.
+** Let me here mention other <abbr title="Android Open Source Project">'''AOSP'''</abbr>-based OSes in general. Most are probably similar to LOS when it comes to privacy, but have less features.
 ** <img src="https://lineage.microg.org/favicon-96x96.png" height="16"/> **[Lineage OS for microG](https://lineage.microg.org/)** is great if you are a little more dependent on apps that refuse to work without Google. MicroG is a free implementation of Google Services, so your device and apps can use Google's services while sending a minimal amount of data to Google - but still some.
 ** <img src="https://e.foundation/wp-content/uploads/logo-black-01.png" height="16"/> **[/e/](https://e.foundation/e-solutions/)** is a great option if you still miss more services Google usually offers. With an /e/ account you can sync your data from your /e/ device to your /e/ cloud. The OS is still in beta phase, but a lot of exciting features are rumored for the first official release that should come soon. With that /e/ could become interesting for a wider range of people between super-privacy-aware and shiny-feature-junky.