Maximizing privacy on Android without custom ROMs? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago by TheTwelveYearOld@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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I've had a Galaxy S22+ for 2 years and still want to use it. When I look up how to maximize privacy on Android, many results say to install custom ROMs which I can't since its a US model and the bootloader is locked. I just want to minimize tracking and sharing of personal information. I could use a firewall app like RethinkDNS to block trackers, but could I completely block tracking from Google and Samsung? Are there any lists of packages to uninstall to improve privacy? (I've used ADB to remove a bunch of bloatware. Ex: pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.samsung.android.arzone)

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[-] Sunny@slrpnk.net 15 points 2 months ago

Use this tool.

https://github.com/0x192/universal-android-debloater

[-] Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 2 months ago

That one is old and unmaintained. Use this newer version of it instead: https://github.com/Universal-Debloater-Alliance/universal-android-debloater-next-generation/

[-] randomcruft@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 2 months ago

Thanks for posting this! Didn’t know the original was not maintained anymore.

[-] Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 months ago

Last Git commit to the old UAD repo was on April 10th, 2023, so yeah, I think it's fair to say that it's unmaintained. For comparison, UADng was last updated yesterday.

[-] MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 months ago

Can also use Canta directly on the phone without needing a PC.

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