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
So just use Googles resources, build decentralized identities (@ all content creators!) and you are just fine for the dooms day when Youtube uses DRM or something
I dont think Mozilla sends your account data to Google. And because the main homepage uses tracking, that is not a sign that the internal account database is shared. These are completely unrelated.
In the EU it is illegal to save unnecessary Cookies without active consent. So the best you can do for your privacy is use Ublock origin with a cookiebanner list!
Windows preloads the entire desktop it seems, before logging in. That is pretty great. Apps starting is the same, just more bloat often. Flatpaks make it more equal though. Firefox does some nice UI-preloading too, and FF on Windows is actually more secure than on Linux ironically.
So there are things to fix, but comparing breaking windows updates to never breaking and way faster immutable rpm-ostree updates, while you use the system normally, its worlds.