F-Droid: Free and Open Source Apps - Take back control! (Part 5)
1. app store with class
By installing LineageOS, we have abandoned our proprietary Android systems and taken control of outbound data traffic with AFWall+. But our journey is far from over, because to get rid of Google and to regain control we have to break away from the Google Play Store.
Most apps from the Google Play Store contain an above-average number of tracker and advertising modules. In the foreseeable future, this business model will probably not change because Android is a self-service data store with which (questionable) developers make a lot of money. Indirectly, Google also earns a lot of money - so Android users can wait in vain for an improvement.
In this article I would like to introduce you to the alternatives App-Store F-Droid. F-Droid is a consumer-friendly alternative to Google's Play Store, which only offers "free" and "open source" apps for download. The two properties "free" and "open source" mean basically nothing else than that the app source code can be viewed, used, changed and further developed by anyone. With its strict "Free Open Source Software (FOSS)" concept, F-Droid clearly sets itself apart from the Google Play Store and other comparable stores.
Source (german) and more info:
https://www.kuketz-blog.de/f-droid-freie-und-quelloffene-apps-take-back-control-teil5/
Translation (english):
https://t.me/BlackBox_Archiv/357
#android #NoGoogle #guide #part1 #part2 #part4 #part5 #fdroid #kuketz
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1. app store with class
By installing LineageOS, we have abandoned our proprietary Android systems and taken control of outbound data traffic with AFWall+. But our journey is far from over, because to get rid of Google and to regain control we have to break away from the Google Play Store.
Most apps from the Google Play Store contain an above-average number of tracker and advertising modules. In the foreseeable future, this business model will probably not change because Android is a self-service data store with which (questionable) developers make a lot of money. Indirectly, Google also earns a lot of money - so Android users can wait in vain for an improvement.
In this article I would like to introduce you to the alternatives App-Store F-Droid. F-Droid is a consumer-friendly alternative to Google's Play Store, which only offers "free" and "open source" apps for download. The two properties "free" and "open source" mean basically nothing else than that the app source code can be viewed, used, changed and further developed by anyone. With its strict "Free Open Source Software (FOSS)" concept, F-Droid clearly sets itself apart from the Google Play Store and other comparable stores.
Source (german) and more info:
https://www.kuketz-blog.de/f-droid-freie-und-quelloffene-apps-take-back-control-teil5/
Translation (english):
https://t.me/BlackBox_Archiv/357
#android #NoGoogle #guide #part1 #part2 #part4 #part5 #fdroid #kuketz
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AdAway: Advertising and tracking blocker - Take back control! (Part 6)
1. data collection frenzy
In the last part of the article series I introduced you to the F-Droid Store, where you can get free and open source apps that don't track you or display advertisements. A general recommendation of the article series "Take back control! is therefore:
💡Get apps only from the F-Droid Store.
However, this advice cannot always be put into practice 1:1. Many users are still dependent on apps from the Play Store or cannot find a viable alternative in the F-Droid Store. Unfortunately, apps from the Google Play Store are not exactly known for their data economy - but rather the opposite. Most apps from the Google Play Store contain third-party software components that display advertisements to the user or track his activity every step of the way. As a normal user, however, you don't have any insight into the app or can't "see" from the outside whether this poses a risk to security and privacy.
Since the apps from the Play Store are often accompanied by a "loss of control", I will introduce you to the AdAway app from the F-Droid Store in this article. With this app, the loss of control can be minimized by putting a stop to the delivery of (harmful) advertising and the outflow of personal data to dubious third-party providers.
2nd AdAway
AdAway is an open source advertising and tracking blocker for Android, which was originally developed by Dominik Schürmann - currently AdAway is developed by Bruce Bujon. Based on filter lists, connections to advertising and tracking networks are redirected to the local device IP address. This redirection prevents the reloading of advertisements or the transmission of (sensitive) data to third parties.
By the way, AdAway cannot be found in the Play Store because Google no longer allows ad blockers - they simply violate Google's business model. Or to put it another way: Google will not tolerate an app that effectively protects your privacy and security by preventing the reloading of (harmful) advertisements and the outflow of personal data.
Source (🇩🇪) and more info:
https://www.kuketz-blog.de/adaway-werbe-und-trackingblocker-take-back-control-teil6/
Read english translation on TG:
https://t.me/BlackBox_Archiv/376
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#android #NoGoogle #guide #part1 #part2 #part4 #part5 #part6 #AdAway #kuketz
1. data collection frenzy
In the last part of the article series I introduced you to the F-Droid Store, where you can get free and open source apps that don't track you or display advertisements. A general recommendation of the article series "Take back control! is therefore:
💡Get apps only from the F-Droid Store.
However, this advice cannot always be put into practice 1:1. Many users are still dependent on apps from the Play Store or cannot find a viable alternative in the F-Droid Store. Unfortunately, apps from the Google Play Store are not exactly known for their data economy - but rather the opposite. Most apps from the Google Play Store contain third-party software components that display advertisements to the user or track his activity every step of the way. As a normal user, however, you don't have any insight into the app or can't "see" from the outside whether this poses a risk to security and privacy.
Since the apps from the Play Store are often accompanied by a "loss of control", I will introduce you to the AdAway app from the F-Droid Store in this article. With this app, the loss of control can be minimized by putting a stop to the delivery of (harmful) advertising and the outflow of personal data to dubious third-party providers.
2nd AdAway
AdAway is an open source advertising and tracking blocker for Android, which was originally developed by Dominik Schürmann - currently AdAway is developed by Bruce Bujon. Based on filter lists, connections to advertising and tracking networks are redirected to the local device IP address. This redirection prevents the reloading of advertisements or the transmission of (sensitive) data to third parties.
By the way, AdAway cannot be found in the Play Store because Google no longer allows ad blockers - they simply violate Google's business model. Or to put it another way: Google will not tolerate an app that effectively protects your privacy and security by preventing the reloading of (harmful) advertisements and the outflow of personal data.
Source (🇩🇪) and more info:
https://www.kuketz-blog.de/adaway-werbe-und-trackingblocker-take-back-control-teil6/
Read english translation on TG:
https://t.me/BlackBox_Archiv/376
📡 @NoGoolag 📡 @BlackBox
#android #NoGoogle #guide #part1 #part2 #part4 #part5 #part6 #AdAway #kuketz
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Shelter: Isolate Big Brother apps - Take back control! (Part 7)
1. Big Data
The collection, processing and analysis of as much information as possible is Big Data’s core business. In this non-transparent data processing, which is determined by algorithms, personal rights are hardly taken into consideration. This dilemma becomes particularly clear in the Android world: Apps access personal data uninhibitedly and send it unsolicited to the most diverse protagonists. This is exactly what the article series “Take back control!” wants to protect against.
Another piece of the puzzle to achieve this goal is the App Shelter, which locks selected Android apps in a sandbox, depriving them of access to phone books, calendars, images and other data. Curious apps can thus be denied access to sensitive user data.
💡 This article is part of a series of articles:
✅ Android without Google: Take back control! Part 1
✅ LineageOS - Take back control! Part2
✅ Magisk: By the power of Root - Take back control! Part 3 (not yet translated)
✅ AFWall+: Digital Door Controller - Take back control! Part 4
✅ F-Droid: Free and Open Source Apps - Take back control! Part 5
✅ AdAway: Advertising and tracking blocker - Take back control! Part 6
✅ Shelter: Isolate Big Brother apps - Take back control! Part 7
2. Shelter
Shelter is an open source app for Android that can be downloaded from the App-Store F-Droid. Alternatively the app can be downloaded via GitHub or the Google Play Store.
To separate apps, Shelter uses the Android work profiles that Google introduced as early as 2015 to separate private data from business content or apps. The work profile is a specially isolated area in which, for example, data-hungry apps can be stored. In addition to the normal environment in which all apps are normally located, Shelter creates another workspace that is logically separated from the other workspace. From this bunker (Shelter) apps can not access data which are in the normal environment - but all data of apps which are also stored or locked in the Shelter.
👉🏼 Read the fully translated guide:
https://rwtxt.lelux.fi/blackbox/shelter-isolate-big-brother-apps-take-back-control-part-7
👉🏼 Source 🇩🇪:
https://www.kuketz-blog.de/shelter-big-brother-apps-isolieren-take-back-control-teil7/
#android #NoGoogle #guide #part1 #part2 #part4 #part5 #part6 #part7 #kuketz
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1. Big Data
The collection, processing and analysis of as much information as possible is Big Data’s core business. In this non-transparent data processing, which is determined by algorithms, personal rights are hardly taken into consideration. This dilemma becomes particularly clear in the Android world: Apps access personal data uninhibitedly and send it unsolicited to the most diverse protagonists. This is exactly what the article series “Take back control!” wants to protect against.
Another piece of the puzzle to achieve this goal is the App Shelter, which locks selected Android apps in a sandbox, depriving them of access to phone books, calendars, images and other data. Curious apps can thus be denied access to sensitive user data.
💡 This article is part of a series of articles:
✅ Android without Google: Take back control! Part 1
✅ LineageOS - Take back control! Part2
✅ Magisk: By the power of Root - Take back control! Part 3 (not yet translated)
✅ AFWall+: Digital Door Controller - Take back control! Part 4
✅ F-Droid: Free and Open Source Apps - Take back control! Part 5
✅ AdAway: Advertising and tracking blocker - Take back control! Part 6
✅ Shelter: Isolate Big Brother apps - Take back control! Part 7
2. Shelter
Shelter is an open source app for Android that can be downloaded from the App-Store F-Droid. Alternatively the app can be downloaded via GitHub or the Google Play Store.
To separate apps, Shelter uses the Android work profiles that Google introduced as early as 2015 to separate private data from business content or apps. The work profile is a specially isolated area in which, for example, data-hungry apps can be stored. In addition to the normal environment in which all apps are normally located, Shelter creates another workspace that is logically separated from the other workspace. From this bunker (Shelter) apps can not access data which are in the normal environment - but all data of apps which are also stored or locked in the Shelter.
👉🏼 Read the fully translated guide:
https://rwtxt.lelux.fi/blackbox/shelter-isolate-big-brother-apps-take-back-control-part-7
👉🏼 Source 🇩🇪:
https://www.kuketz-blog.de/shelter-big-brother-apps-isolieren-take-back-control-teil7/
#android #NoGoogle #guide #part1 #part2 #part4 #part5 #part6 #part7 #kuketz
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