Privacy compartmentalisation is a philosophy grounded in doing one thing online at a time. Essentially, if you are using a browser to look at social media, make sure to delete all cookies and history before moving on to browse anything else. This practice counters data linkability; making it much more Read more…
My Story I have been using Android for as long as I have owned a smart phone. I had a certain way that I liked my homescreen to be set up, and I had specific apps I liked to use. It was comfortable and familiar. Upon reading the book that Read more…
1. F-Droid This is the premiere app repository for apps that are open source and free from privacy-eroding code. On here are many awesome alternatives to many of the apps you will be used to from Google’s version of Android. From note apps and pdf viewers, to navigation, VPN apps Read more…
RO-What now? ROM, or Read Only Memory is a term that has been adopted by the smartphone modification community to mean an Operating System, or “OS”. An OS is the software you interact with to control your device. You may be familiar with Windows, Mac, Android, or iOS. The job Read more…
You can’t. Thanks for stopping by. No, seriously, there’s nothing you can do to make your smart phone entirely private. But there are ways to limit the leak. Here’s how… Steps to making a more private phone To begin, you can turn off your location and Bluetooth (as nearby Bluetooth Read more…