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How can you make stock Android as private as possible? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) by unicornBro@sh.itjust.works to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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I know that stock Android itself is spyware.

What tips about setting up my stock Android phone would you give me? It's not factory unlocked so I'm sticking with Google Android.

Things I've done:

Stopped and disabled all apps that I don't use or need.
Replaced all apps that I can with FOSS alternatives from github using Obtainium.
Not installed things that I can just check on my laptop like email.

Is there anything else that I can do? Thanks in advance

Edit I've also:

Changed my DNS to Mullvad DNS
Restricted app permissions to only what they need
Not signed into the phone. I don't even have Gmail account.

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[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 10 points 6 days ago (9 children)

Rethink DNS is both a firewall app, and you can run a VPN at the same time using a wireguard configuration.

I use a VPN system wide, and for some apps like Fennec or a Torrent app (yes I torrent on my phone lol), I use a different wireguard config for each one of these apps. For the systemwide VPN, its using a server in my country, for individual apps, it goes to switzerland or iceland (So the IP used to check for system updates isn't correlated to the IP used for everyday browsing, watch youtube videos, or torrenting). I block everything from internet access unless it needs internet to function, like a phone app for example (for VoLTE). Enable "block connections without VPN".

Mullvad has the cheapest VPN at €5 Euro per month, and ProtonVPN have some free servers, but free servers have slower speeds.

[–] squaresinger@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago (8 children)

Beware that a VPN doesn't protect your privacy, it just changes who has access to your data.

[–] utopiah@lemmy.ml 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (7 children)

a VPN doesn’t protect your privacy

Does from your ISP unless they do deep packet inspection and related techniques.

[–] fossuser@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

If u use Mullvad, they have a feature called DAITA, it prevents traffic analysis while using VPN.

[–] utopiah@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 days ago

Mullvad, they have a feature called DAITA

Thanks, for reference https://mullvad.net/en/vpn/daita but as it's an arm race I wouldn't assume it's the perfect solution.

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