XPost: comp.mobile.android, alt.privacy   
   From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2022-11-06 17:15, Andy Burnelli wrote:   
   > 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 name the SSID with "_nomap" (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   
      
   Nothing of the above.   
      
   Maybe some permissions some times.   
      
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   Cheers, Carlos.   
      
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