Privacy

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A place to discuss privacy and freedom in the digital world.

Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

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I just started caring about my own privacy. What apps should i get rid of, why and what can i replace it with? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 months ago by prousername@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] Undertaker 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

How mich privacy do you want?

Much? Don't use Apple. It is worse than Android. Google Android is bad as well but you can make substantial changes. Beste would be a custom ROM but that's an extreme change and way

You don't want to change iOS? You have to get rid of many Apple apps but I guess, it's not possible.

So remaining: AppleTV, Spotify, Netflix, Amazon, defenitely Discord!, WhatsApp, YouTube, Telegram, definitely HuawaiHealth.

Some of the others I don't know but I'm sure they should be avoided as well. Use Websites with blockers in browser instead of apps.

That is the least to do or accept beging heavily tracked

[–] prousername@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 months ago

I use Huawei Health to sync my Workout Data from my watch to my Phone. I don't really know if i can get rid of it, as its the app my watch works with. (Huawei Watch GT 4)