The Apps you CAN'T Uninstall!
Your phone is filled with apps you don't use. In fact, when you first bought your phone, it was probably already filled with apps that you never installed, and there's no way to uninstall them. These apps are all sucking up data about your phone activities. It's called "bloatware" and it's a disaster for your privacy.
In this video:
we explain why minimizing the number of apps on your devices is super important
we do a refresher on the most private phone operating system
we look at more private apps that you can use as alternatives to the mainstream podcast, audiobook, video player apps that are collecting your data.
00:00 Intro
00:32 Overview
00:53 What is Bloatware?
02:08 Bloatware Advice
03:49 Privacy Perils of Google
05:16 Most Private OS: GrapheneOS
06:43 Private App Alternatives
07:24 Fdroid and Aurora Stores
08:24 NewPipe
08:40 LBRY, Odyssey and Try LBRY
09:16 Organic Maps
09:29 Vanadium
09:35 Brave
09:49 Joplin
10:08 MySudo
10:27 Signal
10:49 Simple Gallery Pro
10:56 Voice
11:08 Antennapod
11:32 Funkwhale
11:41 ProtonMail and Tutanota
12:08 Conclusion
If you’d like to dive further into the phone privacy rabbit hole, take a look at our free tutorial video for how to install graphene and download these apps.
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Recommended Books:
Beginner's Introduction To Privacy - Naomi Brockwell
https://amzn.to/3WDSfku
Permanent Record - Edward Snowden
https://amzn.to/305negc
What has the government done to our money - Rothbard
https://amzn.to/2KMzmcu
Extreme Privacy - Michael Bazzel (The best privacy book I've ever read)
https://amzn.to/4jrseiS
Digital version: https://inteltechniques.com/book7.html (non affiliate link)
No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State - Glenn Greenwald
https://amzn.to/2UQmJ4m
Some of my favorite products to help protect your privacy!
Brave browser: https://brave.com/nao076
Faraday bag (signal stopping, to protect your fob, credit card, computer, and phone)
https://amzn.to/3z02UiF
Data Blocker (if you're charging your phone in an unknown port, use this so that no data is transferred)
https://amzn.to/2SVh0J2
Camera tape (electrical tape is the best tape for covering phone and computer cameras)
https://amzn.to/3Xn8xBn
USB-C to ethernet adapter:
https://amzn.to/2lOVBoy
Privacy Screens (use your phone and computer in public? Keep your information safe!)
Computer: (Search for the size right for your computer)
MacBook Air 13" https://amzn.to/3VQvpZ7
HP/Dell/Acer/Asus/Lenovo 15.6" https://amzn.to/3KK1Oda
Lenovo Thinkpad/HP Elitebook/Dell 14" https://amzn.to/4enT2zq
Phone: (Search for the size for your phone, decide whether you want glass or plastic!)
Galaxy s24 - https://amzn.to/3VGgb8H
iPhone 15 - https://amzn.to/45vCd1h
Pixel 8 - https://amzn.to/3KFDuJF