Privacy is a myth. We all know that but the least we an do is try and protect our privacy a little better on our smartphones. Well, in this video, we talk about the best privacy apps on Android that you should be using right away.
We are not talking about the popular apps, instead these are new Android apps and fairly unknown Android apps (open source Android apps) not available on the Play Store that make your privacy on Android better.
Top 5 Privacy Apps You Should Be Using on Android
1. Aurora Store
Aurora Store is an alternate to Google's Play Store, with an elegant design,
using Aurora you can download apps, update existing apps, search for apps,
get details about in-app trackers, spoof your location and much more.
Although APK downloads are available below to give you the choice, you should be aware that by installing that way you will not receive update notifications and it's a less secure way to download. We recommend that you install the F-Droid client and use that.
2. Access Dots - Android 12/iOS 14 privacy indicators
And do you feel envious about the new iOS 14's privacy feature - shows an indicator whenever camera or microphone is accessed? Or you can't wait for Android 12's implementation of the same feature?
Presenting Access Dots for Android, supporting all the way down to Android 7.0!
Access Dots, adds the same iOS 14 style indicators (few pixels light up as a dot) to the top right (default) corner of your screen whenever any third-party App uses your phone's camera/microphone/GPS location. Access Dots will be visible even on your lockscreen!
Configuring the App is as simple as enabling the Access Dots Accessibility Service (Toggle switch in the App > (More) Downloaded Services/Installed Services > Access Dots > Enable). By default the App is configured to show iOS 14 style colored access dots - green for camera access, orange for microphone access and blue for GPS location. The App itself does not request for camera or microphone access, however, to be able to monitor GPS access by any App, 'Access Dots' require GPS location permission.
Access Dots is in early BETA, under development, so far it has the following features:
● Display Access Dots whenever phone's camera/microphone/GPS location is engaged by a third-party App.
● Maintain an Access Log, which can be accessed from the App's main settings screen. The Access Log shows when the camera/microphone/GPS location was accessed, which App was in foreground at the time of access initiation and how long did the access last.
● Assign any color to either of the Access Dots.
● On Android 10+, Access Dots by default sticks beside your camera cutout (if your device has.) You can configure the location of Access Dots to the point of specifying X/Y coordinates.
● If your device supports 'Energy Ring - Universal Edition!' App, then you can wrap Access Dots around the punch hole camera as well.
● The size of Access Dots can be adjusted.
While it's free to change the Access Dots' color to whatever you want, consider making a donation to support the development and have access to few extra configurations like changing the 'size' of the dot or its location on the screen. :)
3. Jumbo: Privacy + Security
Washington Post: "It's my favorite app of the year."New York Times: "Tip of the Week: Jumbo Privacy App."
FastCompany: “Most Innovative Security Companies of 2020."
The Verge: "A powerful privacy assistant"
Jumbo: Take back control of your personal data
THE PROBLEM: Ever wanted to delete old tweets or old Facebook posts? Stop location tracking or simply secure your personal data? Protecting your online privacy and personal data is getting more complicated each day. Every app and website you use comes with its own privacy policy, privacy settings...it’s all getting to be too much.
OUR SOLUTION: We’re not satisfied with the status quo. Our technology gives you back control over your data by scanning the apps and services you use, and provides actionable recommendations to increase your online privacy and security. You decide what recommendations to act on and Jumbo will take care of the rest.
WHAT WE DON’T DO: Jumbo never collects your data because our technology does the scanning right from your device. Your data is never stored on our servers, which means there’s nothing to share or sell to third parties.
Jumbo offers 4 main categories of protection:
1. Security (dark web, two-factor authentication)
2. Digital Footprint (old tweets or Facebook posts; search history)
3. Tracking (ad tracking, social media online status)
4. Reputation & Data Leaks (profile info, Facebook tagging and post visibility)
INCREASE SECURITY:
◆ Increase the security of your Google, Facebook, and other internet and social media accounts.
◆ Monitor the dark web for data breaches.
◆ Reduce the number of unwanted robocalls.
◆ Coming soon: Remove your real address, phone number, and email from data brokers. / Monitor the dark web for compromised social security number, credit card info, and other sensitive personal data. / Browse the web safely, with data encryption.
REDUCE YOUR DIGITAL FOOTPRINT:
◆ Delete old Tweets from Twitter.
◆ Remove old Facebook posts.
◆ Delete voice recordings from Alexa.
◆ Remove old photos from Instagram.
LIMIT TRACKING:
◆ Turn off Facebook’s facial recognition feature.
◆ Limit Google’s use of your search history.
◆ Protect your data from being used by Google and Facebook for ads and advertisers.
◆ Limit ads that follow you around.
◆ Avoid third parties from collecting and selling your data without your consent.
◆ Limit location tracking by Google and Facebook.
◆ Coming soon: Hide your IP from your ISP, apps, and websites.
PREVENT DATA LEAKS
◆ Restrict what info your Facebook profile shows to the public.
◆ Restrict who can tag you on Facebook and review tags on posts before they show up on your timeline.
◆ Browse in private mode on LinkedIn.
◆ Coming soon: Remove your personal data from data brokers.
JUMBO PLUS & JUMBO PRO
If you choose to purchase Jumbo Plus or Jumbo Pro, payment will be charged to your Google Play account. Subscriptions will automatically renew unless canceled within 24-hours before the end of the current period. You can cancel anytime with your Google Play account settings. Any unused portion of a free trial will be forfeited if you purchase a subscription.
4.F droid
Checks apps for code signatures of known trackers (provided by Exodus).
Also can list all classes for launchable (via the app drawer) packages.
Can be used against any APK:
* installed: via an app manager,
* downloaded: via any file manager (long press and open with ClassyShark3xodus),
* launchable installed: via the first screen list (long press to list all classes, including obfuscated ones).
Note: doesn't work on odexed/system packages (it's a work-in-progress).
Finally, the app doesn't sync or connect to the Internet and thus cannot
sneak on end users.
The app is updated when Exodus updates their list of trackers:
https://reports.exodus-privacy.eu.org/api/trackers
ClassyShark3xodus is based on Google's ClassyShark:
https://github.com/google/android-classyshark
5. Bromite
Bromite is a Chromium fork with ad blocking and enhanced privacy; take back your browserThe main goal is to provide a no-clutter browsing experience without privacy-invasive features and with the addition of a fast ad-blocking engine.
Minimal UI changes are applied to help curbing the idea of “browser as an advertisement platform”.
All patches are published under GNU/GPL v3 to enable other open source projects’ usage.
Download Bromite
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