How to stay private when using Android
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How to stay private when using Android
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Re: How to stay private when using Android
#2Unfortunately all of these things are bandages on a sinking ship. They're technically better than nothing, but in reality they simply do not fix the problem. Even worse, it's possible (even probably) that some privacy controls simply do not do the think they say they do. You are essentially trusting a company with a rubbish track record in privacy violations to pinky swear they stop tracking you when you toggle a switch.
Re: How to stay private when using Android
#3Amazingly bad advice. They don't even mention to set a non-chrome, privacy-focused browser as default (brave, Cliqz, Firefox, etc).
Re: How to stay private when using Android
#499% of the population don't want to essentially make their phone useless and difficult to use. This is the problem.
Also that 99% doesn't care that the government knows they have downloaded Candy crush.
Re: How to stay private when using Android
#5Amazingly bad advice. They don't even mention to set a non-chrome, privacy-focused browser as default (brave, Cliqz, Firefox, etc).
That's a bit misleading. The 12th point did say:
> In order to use a more secure search engine, you need to download an alternative browser [0]. These let you change the default search engine and avoid Google collecting data on your queries.
[0]: https://protonmail.com/blog/best-browser-for-privacy/
The above article lists Brave, Firefox and Tor
Re: How to stay private when using Android
#6Another tactic not mentioned: I disable automatic app updates, and never update most Google apps, at all. Eventually, they fall so out of date that they break or at least suffer from reduced functionality eg. Google exchange services.
Re: How to stay private when using Android
#7At this point you’re probably better off buying an iPhone and disabling iCloud backup (or disabling iCloud entirely).
Re: How to stay private when using Android
#8> 7. Review your cloud sync
I used an Android device for a short while a few years ago. I disabled all sync functionality and would back up to my own storage device.
After an OS update, all of the sync functionality was automatically enabled and everything on the device was uploaded to Google’s services anyway. So I deleted everything that was uploaded, then deleted my google account, and bought an iPhone and swore to never use a google product again — and I haven’t.
Re: How to stay private when using Android
#9Unfortunately all of these things are bandages on a sinking ship. They're technically better than nothing, but in reality they simply do not fix the problem. Even worse, it's possible (even probably) that some privacy controls simply do not do the think they say they do. You are essentially trusting a company with a rubbish track record in privacy violations to pinky swear they stop tracking you when you toggle a swi…
Exactly. Scottiestech's YouTube has some good info on how your smartphone is tracking you more than you think. Sometimes I think about building my own phone with a Raspberry Pi or use LineageOS.
Re: How to stay private when using Android
#1099% of the population don't want to essentially make their phone useless and difficult to use. This is the problem. Also that 99% doesn't care that the government knows they have downloaded Candy crush.
10-20 years from now, they'll care that their heads are getting chopped off for future thought crimes that they are committing with their phones right now. Our porn habits will be used as justification to depopulate the world, while the elites continue to rape children for fun.