Stop Downloading So Many Apps!
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.
If you need help with the installation process, sign up for a consultation at https://www.nbtv.media/essentialprivacy
Brought to you by NBTV team members: Reuben Yap, Lee Rennie, Sam Ettaro, Will Sandoval, Ogar, and Naomi Brockwell
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