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[spartadon]

Your phone… it gives you away.
It knows where you are, who you’re talking to, when you sleep, what you want, and what you fear.
Even turned off, it keeps gathering info

But you’re not tied to this system.
You can take back control.

The ideal: Google Pixel + @GrapheneOS

It’s the most private combo you can get nowadays.
But if you don’t have a Pixel, you can still harden your current Android with these tools.
The important thing is to start

Here’s apps to make your phone more private (without going crazy)

#Privacy #DigitalSecurity

App stores (outside Google Play)

- Aurora Store (anonymous downloads from Google Play)
- Obtainium (updates FOSS apps from GitHub)
- F-Droid (repo only for open source apps)

Browsers

- @brave
- @Vanadium
Search engines

- Brave Search
- @mojeek
- @startpage
Email

- @TutaPrivacy
(formerly Tutanota) encrypted, no tracking, no Google.
Notes

-Notesnook
-Standard Notes
(both end-to-end encrypted and cross-platform)

YouTube without tracking

- NewPipe (no ads, no Google connection)

Weather

- Breezy Weather (no calls to big APIs)

Keyboard

- Heliboard (total privacy)
- Simple Keyboard (total privacy)

Two-factor authentication (2FA)

- Aegis (local encryption, offline)

Passwords

- KeePass

Maps

- Organic Maps (offline, no tracking)

Private messaging

- @SimpleXChat
(no number, no metadata)
- @session_app
(based on LokiNet, decentralized)
- @signalapp
(uses number, but strong privacy)

Extra super useful tools

- Bouncer (temporary permissions per app)
- TrackerControl (detects and blocks trackers)
- NetGuard (firewall without root)
- Shelter (create isolated app profiles)
It’s not about installing 20 apps all at once.
It’s a process.
Every little change counts: one app, one less permission, a chat with someone close

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[spartadon]

Side Quest: Card yourself a Google Pixel phone