Privacy on Android: A Comprehensive Guide

Privacy on Android: A Comprehensive Guide

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Magisk ZIP and Magisk Manager: https://forum.xda-developers.com/apps/magisk/official-magisk-v7-universal-systemless-t3473445
NanoDroid stable: https://downloads.nanolx.org/NanoDroid/Stable/
PS: Instead of NanoDroid you can use Lineage for microG: https://lineage.microg.org/
StevenBlack's Hosts: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts

Time stamp:
0:00 Introduction
2:32 The current state of privacy on Android
5:56 Alternatives to Android – iOS, Sailfish OS, etc.
10:26 Advantages of Android – Unlockable bootloaders, custom ROMs, etc.
11:55 Select a phone
14:54 Other things to consider
17:29 Unlocking your bootloader
20:07 Installing a custom recovery
21:20 Downloading a custom ROM image, Magisk, NanoDroid
22:43 Venting ROM
24:07 App recommendations
25:28 Restriction of Internet access
26:05 Adding StevenBlack's hosts to AdAway
26:07 Checking microG settings
26:17 Additional thoughts and recommendations

SOURCES:
01:52 Google knows where you live, work and what your "secret interests" are: https://www.heraldsun.com.au/technology/google-knows-where-you-live-work-and-your-secret-interests-new-shadow-profile-report-says/news-story/82049f5ac0528d7481ec263de6ae0531
01:53 Google SPYS on your real-world movements even if you have location history turned off: https://www.thesun.co.uk/tech/7006196/google-location-tracking-history-map-turn-off-how/
01:54 /"Google knows my sexuality/": https://www.reddit.com/r/lgbt/comments/7uyvcj/ok_had_this_happened_to_anyone_else_google_knows/
03:03 Google tracks you. Even when you're in airplane mode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0G6mUyIgyg
03:12 Android sucks 10x more data than the iPhone: https://www.imore.com/android-sucks-10x-more-data-iphone
03:15 Douglas C. Schmidt et al. – Google Data Collection (2018): https://digitalcontentnext.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/DCN-Google-Data-Collection-Paper.pdf
03:23 OnePlus was found to collect personally identifiable analytics data from phone owners: https://www.androidpolice.com/2017/10/10/never-settle-oneplus-found-collecting-personally-identifiable-analytics-data-phone-owners/
03:23 Nokia phones mysteriously caught sending data to Chinese servers: https://bgr.com/2019/03/21/nokia-data-breach-nokia-7-plus-sent-data-to-chinese-servers/
03:23 Researchers find spyware on smartphones from Xiaomi, Lenovo and Huawei: https://www.news18.com/news/tech/xiaomi-lenovo-huawei-smartphones-found-pre-installed-with-spyware-1087415.html
04:06 Some major Android apps still send data directly to Facebook: https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/5/18252397/facebook-android-apps-sending-data-user-privacy-developer-tools-violation
05:00 Flashlight apps steal personal information stored on your smartphone: https://hackread.com/flashlight-apps-stealing-your-personal-information (Web archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20160529111644/https://www.hackread.com/flashlight-apps-stealing-your-personal-information/)
05:19 Google Play Store spits malware onto 9 million Droids: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/01/09/google_play_store_malware_onto_9m_droids/
05:24 This data-stealing Android malware infiltrated the Google Play Store and infected users in 196 countries: https://www.zdnet.com/article/this-data-stealing-android-malware-infiltrated-the-google-play-store-infecting-users-in-196-countries/
06:22 Data protection on the iPhone – Private page: https://invidio.us/watch?v=A_6uV9A12ok
06:45 Apple removes VPN apps from the App Store in China: https://techcrunch.com/2017/07/29/apple-removes-vpn-apps-from-the-app-store-in-china/
06:49 China's Guizhou province is monitoring Apple's data project: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-apple-china/chinas-guizhou-province-to-oversee-apples-data-project-idUSKCN1AU1LH
06:54 Apple iTunes bug “allowed government spying for 3 years”: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/apple/8912714/Apple-iTunes-flaw-allowed-government-spying-for-3-years.html
07:18 WineHQ – iTunes: https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&iId=1347
08:27 Alien Dalvik: http://www.myriadgroup.com/en/products/device-solutions/mobile-software/alien-dalvik/
09:18 Meet the first real Linux smartphone: Librem 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIdmGSpZL8k
09:42 The latest hardware specs for Purism's Librem 5 phone: https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Librem-5-January-2019-Specs
09:47 Librem 5 pre-order: https://puri.sm/products/librem-5/
13:50 Ads in MIUI 10 hamper the experience on otherwise great hardware: https://www.xda-developers.com/xiaomi-miui-ads-hamper-user-experience/

MUSIC:
Intro: Queens of the Stone Age – No One Knows (UNKLE reconstruction)
Video: Boards of Canada – Hexagon Turquoise Sun; Ocoeur – Timeless

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