I am not a nerd(respectful), but I would like to know how you’d set up your phone. I’d like to start leaning into more opensource/privacy minded apps and such to avoid having as much of my data harvested. I’m still going to use apps like Instagram which are obviously horrible but I figure trying to do better in other areas is better than nothing.
- what to delete
- what apps are a must (calendar, maps, app store etc)
- vpns?
- keyboards?
- email besides proton? Is there a way to have my emails from Google forward to this address?
- everything needs to connect to Google accounts is there a way around this?
And yes any other advice on making your phone functional/fast/anonymous/aesthetically pleasing is welcomed thankkkkks
Yes this is a great list thank you! I love that you added a Metadata scrubber thingie too, I’ve been thinking about being more consistent in doing that.
I just created a new mastodon account on matapocos.dog and it seems that none of the apps will pull up that instance, have.you ever had that problem with particular instances?
Edit: Oops I glazed over the fact that you haven’t used mastodon yet, but if anyone has had.this issue pls chime in