What are some simple things i can do while using an android phone to maintain some privacy? Been thinking about this since seeing a thread on favorite foss apps. I currently use duckduckgo browser with their tracking deterrent vpn and simple keyboard. Thanks in advance

  • Lee Duna@lemmy.nzEnglish
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    11 months ago

    On non-root android phone, I always use this steps to maintain privacy

    Install f-droid app first, so you can install this apps from f-droid repo

    • Mull browser (firefox fork) + uBlock Origin
    • Cromite (Chromium fork with adblocker)
    • personaDNSfilter or RethinkDNS
    • OsmAnd map
    • GMaps VW (gmaps webview wrapper)
    • Aegis Authenticator (offline 2FA)
    • Binary Eye (barcode scanner)
    • NewPipe
    • K9-Mail
    • Nitter for Android
    • VLC
    • ImagePipe / Scrambled Exif (EXIF remover)
    • KeepasDX
    • QKSMS
    • OpenBoard