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Tutorial needed (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 years ago by TeddyParadise@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Can anyone recommend a good tutorial or even book on how to make Android and possibly Apple handsets private?

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[–] southerntofu@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (3 children)

Then i strongly recommend you check out F-droid: it is the only place i know of where you can find trustworthy applications (they're all free software and vetted by the community, and antifeatures are flagged explicitly) and their blog and overall community are a treasure trove of information.

If you're confident noone is going after your hardware, Telegram is not the worst. But Jabber/XMPP or Matrix would be considered more robust and privacy-friendly, because they don't rely on a centralized actor, and don't force you to provide a phone number. They both support end-to-end encryption.

EDIT: If you have other questions, you can ask them directly. I'm afraid there's no definitive guide of privacy :)

[–] TeddyParadise@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 years ago (2 children)

Thanks. By 'ask directly' I'm assuming you mean here and not by DM - if not, my apologies. Yes, I started using F-droid some time ago. I had hoped to root my handset , but it seems tricky to do the one I have. I think I heard somewhere that there's an app (possibly several) that tests your phone for info leakage.

[–] YSU@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 years ago (1 children)

There's also https://privacyguides.org

[–] TeddyParadise@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 years ago

Excellent. Thank you!