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I won a Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge, signed into it with my Google account, played around with it, wiped it, and sold it. Now the person can't get past setup because it's saying he must login with an a...

A custom recovery is used for installing custom software on your device. This custom software can include smaller modifications like rooting your device or even replacing the firmware of the device with a completely custom "ROM" like OmniROM

You can find the source code for TWRP at github.com/omnirom/android_bootable_recovery/

CyanogenMod is a customized, aftermarket firmware distribution for several Android devices (See above for supported devices & how to install CyanogenMod on said devices). Based on the Android Open Source Project, CyanogenMod is designed to increase performance and reliability over Android-based ROMs released by vendors and carriers such as Google, T-Mobile, HTC, etc. CyanogenMod also offers a variety of features & enhancements that are not currently found in these versions of Android.

Disconnect Mobile n'était pas sorti depuis 5 jours sur Android que Google a supprimé l'application de Google Play. Il faut dire que les fonctionnalités de Disconnect Mobile sont intéressantes, car elles permettent de combattre efficacement le trackage par divers mouchards invisibles embarqués dans la plupart des applications courantes (le fond de commerce de Google). Notamment, cela parait pratiques pour les personnes qui n'auront pas la foi pour bidouiller leur téléphone (root, Cyanogen, configuration, etc.) et se protéger efficacement. Des solutions de diffusion temporaires de l'.APK de l'application sont trouvables en attentant un téléchargement officiel, peut être via fDroid.

Voir aussi sur le blog de Disconnect : https://blog.disconnect.me/google-just-banned-our-new-android-app-before-it-even-launched-another-example-of-why-privacy-friendly-alternatives-for-android-app-distribution-are-critically-important