Forgot to turn off Bluetooth. Apple phones activate it automatically to keep up their tracking network anywhere.
Just going from your home to anywhere and coming back with a burner phone doesnt make sense. You have to turn it off before going anywhere near your home.
Connecting your identity based on the co-location of your burner and personal phones would generally require access to data from multiple sources and may not be easily achievable without your consent or cooperation.
Okay just no.
Do not use standard SMS or iMessage.
Good advice. Flight mode too. Also disable 2G and 3G, which poorly still is impossible in Germany.
Apple’s iMessage uses end-to-end encryption, which means that messages sent between Apple devices are encrypted and can only be decrypted by the sender and the recipient. This provides a high level of security.
Now advise for that messenger again? Trust me bro.
WhatsApp, which are available on both platforms, offer end-to-end encryption for text messages and voice/video calls.
Trust me bro 2.
Both Android and Apple devices allow users to control app permissions, including access to contacts, location, and other sensitive data. If you really want to enhance your security and privacy, it’s crucial to review and manage what permissions apps have.
On Stock Android all the spyware is already installed, as system apps. They have no permissions and you are already fucked.
Advanced tracking methods can link your activity to your IP address
No that is not advanced, that is the most basic possible.
Use a VPN to mask your IP address.
“a VPN”, very good tip thanks
Overall the article is okay though, lots of good tips. We have to see people dont know shit so they need to start somewhere.
But why they dont recommend a single app apart from Signal is insane.
General
no stock Android or iOS ever!
GrapheneOS
Google Pixels (probably not having a backdoor?)
preregistered SIM cards
good email and VPN provider
Software
Mull, Arkenfox, Brave
SimpleX, Briar, Anonymous Messenger
Onionshare
Torbrowser
Orbot
or i2p alternatives that work
Monero
a privacy friendly Keyboard like Florisboard and Openboard
no google play services (they are a way for carriers to install malware how they like)
…
Settings
anonymized MAC
encryption without fingerprint and scrambled layout
email aliases for everything
Fakeaccounts with your real name and matching fake pictures
This is an insult to this community, and such low-effort shitposting shouldn’t be allowed.
On a serious note, this is laughable at best. Of course, there is no limit to security paranoia, and I’m hardly qualified to comment on the affairs of Cybersecurity for better OPSEC, but I wish they would be at least a little bit more informed than average. This journalist seems to have very little idea that the government knows what they are saying anyway
ull, Arkenfox, Brave SimpleX, Briar, Anonymous Messenger Onionshare Torbrowser Orbot or i2p alternatives that work Monero a privacy friendly Keyboard like Floris
Doesn't always work. Phones can turn themselves on. You can't remove the battery anymore either.
Personally, I just accept that my privacy will always be violated using a smart phone, especially because I'm forced to use google and whatsapp. But I leave my phone at home when possible, especially if I'm thinking of attending a protest or doing stuff, and chuck it in a muffled/closed draw when I'm not using it.
I have often wondered if you can take an android phone, drill and rip out all the sensors and radio transmitters, and use wired Ethernet through a VPN router and still be able to use just banking apps as that seems to be one thing I keep a proprietary phone around for.
Edit: I forgot the speaker and the mic though the mic could be classed as a sensor
We are stupid fucking peasants as they have regulatory capture so they know the worst that will happen is they get a small slap on the wrist. Most people don’t actually care and those that do don’t have the money to buy the laws that we need.
Why waste time pretending when it doesn’t make 2 cents of difference. It is just a waste of money.
You are falling for daddy's trick biggest trick....
Sure plebs have no political power but there are two things left: Personal direct action and organizing both as consumers and workers.
While with things like food shelter medical, not much choice left. With other products, people can vote with money. People can limit how much data they let out.
People can job hop, demand higher wage, this is mostly limited to older, higher paying folk but them doing this helps everyone.
Finally, organize as consumers and labour.
I see voting being pushed as solution, you can keep voting but don't be naive haha
Funnily enough people who push voting as the only solution will down vote direct action posts into oblivion. I am starting to assume the poltiics crowds are indeed either bad actors, ie bots or shills.
Fascism is not holding [us] back... shit wages, healthcare and hi prices are tho
Needs to be either a percentage of yearly gross revenue averaged over the last 5 years, or a multiple of whatever they stood to gain from the policy (not just the individual plantiff).
Whichever is higher.
And don't let them write it off. You still have to pay taxes on the fine
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