XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, alt.privacy   
   From: spam@nospam.com   
      
   What steps do you perform on your phone expressly for privacy purposes?   
      
   Offhand, here are some of the steps I do that are privacy based in nature:   
   1. I turn off the location until/unless I need it   
   2. I turn off the "precise location" (which is a big privacy hole)   
   3. I turn off, by default, all unused radios (bluetooth, nfc, etc.)   
   4. I turn on a system-wide firewall to not allow unauthorized connections   
   5. I replace mothership tracking apps with privacy aware FOSS replacements   
   6. I don't sign into any mothership on the device   
   7. I don't allow any app permissions it doesn't need   
   8. I don't allow an app to store anything it doesn't need (e.g., cookies)   
   9. I don't install any app requiring an account it doesn't need   
   10. I used to reset the advertising id but now I delete it entirely   
   11. I set my Wi-Fi AP to not broadcast (not for security but for privacy)   
   12. I set the AP to "_nomap" (again, only for additional Internet privacy)   
   13. I set AP SSID/passwd as unique as possible (butterfly hash tables)   
   14. I set the phone to randomize the MAC address per SSID   
   15. I set the phone to randomize the MAC address per CONNECTION   
   16. I set the phone Wi-Fi to NOT auto-reconnect when the signal is dropped   
      
   What additional privacy based steps do you do that can edify us all?   
   --   
   Posted out of the goodness of my heart to disseminate useful information   
   which in this case is how better to use Android and maintain some privacy.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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