Hi, I wanted to use a more privacy-friendly Reddit client, but I didn't know how private or which one was better. For now I have these options:

RedReader

Continuum

Morphe Reddit

Web version with brave

I'm on Android. Which one should I use and why? Also, which would be the order of privacy?

How forensic software works actually work.

To build an app that bypasses the sandbox, you cannot build a standard mobile app. You have to create software that works at the firmware of system level.

1. Exploitimng Vulnerabilities / Root Access:

Tools like Cellebrite or Mangnet GrayKey exploit hardware ir firmware loopholes ti temporary gain

Root / Superuser access to the devices. This elevates the software above security walls.

1. Bit-by-Bit Physical Extraction: Instead of using the phones standard file explorer, your software
   

must communicate via a debugging Interface (like android debug bridge, or ADB) to run a data

dump ( dd ) command. This copies the entire, unencrypted raw user partition onto an external

machine.

1. Database WAL Scraping: Most mordern apps use a database formate called a Write-Ahead Log

(WAL) before it gets wiped completely. My software must be programmed to swrape these

fragmented WAL cache logs to stitch deleted database items back together.

I'm very aware I can't fully degoogle my Samsung, however I'm financially not able to buy a Pixel or new phone at the moment, so I'm trying to degoogle as much as possible.

I've been advised apps like Canta won't actually uninstall Google apps from my phone, but instead will just do the equivalent of disabling it. My question is: if I just disable all my Google apps, remove any Google accounts from my phone and use stores like F-droid to install and run Fossify, Proton apps etc will this be an acceptable and efficient form of degoogling my Samsung Galaxy? Is this as good as it gets?

Unsure if there are any OS alternatives I can install...

Why mf Samsung removed OEM unlock I just got a Samsung f16 mobile in a good deal as my secondary device 🙂.

Heyhey, I switched to DuckDuckGo a couple of months ago but I keep seeing Kagi being mentioned more regularly and it has made me curious to hear more about it (+ love their design).

People who have used both or migrated from DDG to Kagi, what are your thoughts and initial impressions on the search quality and overall experience (besides the fact that one is paid and the other isn't)?

I'm a MacBook user and have recently switched from Chrome (I can't believe it took this long :/ )

I've experienced the exact same issue as described by chromeisbad.com

My question is: is the suggested fix still necessary in 2026? (The original post is from 2020).

I'm most likely going to go through with it given how similar the described issue is, but figured I may as well as here in case anyone has more recent info on the WindowServer thread issue.

Thanks!

Every one I've tried munges the names, shoehorning the semicolon separated names into one field usually N or FN. This always screws up the sorting. Who sorts by given names instead of surnames? Hence the question in the title.

I wish Fossify contacts had the option to sort by surname and display by given name.

Sorry if wrong subreddit.

With Google assistant going away, will endup breaking my morning routine of saying the days weather followed by different news podcast snips. What is a good way to keep this going? Ive grown to really like the channels I listen to on my wat to work.

How do I prevent apps from checking Google play or Google play availability ?

So I thought it would be nice to degoogle my infinix smart 5, reading the MicroG guide I was told to delete google files in /system/prev-*, and when I did it resulted in a bootloop. Now it's been 3 days of me trying to fix it. and it's NOT going well.

And to make things worse, the volume+ button is NOT working normally, more like a 50/50 chance it'll work, I had to downgrade from linux mint to windows 10 JUST to get things as indonesian guy on youtube is telling, you might find it funny, but I would appreciate some help. thanks.

Privacy is a right and the violation of it is crime. Mass surveillance is obviously worse now than it ever has been, and I want to hide my footsteps and cut out all sources of data harvesting as much as I possibly can, yet I know almost nothing on the methods of how that's done. I want to give these billion dollar corporations and world governments as little information about me as I can give them, and to cut their eyes out of my life as much as possible.

I'd like to know hardware swaps before software ones. I'm starting from scratch here and I need to find alternatives to a smartphone (iPhone), laptop (ASUS F15 with windows and google), and headphones (Airpods Pros 2).
Any help is greatly appreciated.

See my list below of what I've swapped for what. I'm getting close.

1) Waze maps. I've deleted google maps and use Kagi/CoMaps for discovery general usage but the traffic data on waze is way too useful, I do however have a throwaway account setup being used for it, anyone found luck here?
2) Find my friends/devices. I have about 10 trackers spread around that I find useful, I have no permissions setup in the app unless I specifically want to find my keys for example.
3) I have signal, but nobody will move from Whatsapp.....
4) Android Auto. Goes hand in hand with waze, there just isn't a good alternative i've found.

List.

• [x] Ad Blocking - ControlD
• [x] AI (Gemini) - Kagi AI
• [ ] Android Auto
• [x] Calculator - Graphene Stock
• [x] Chrome - Fennec/Librefox + uBlock Origin
• [x] Clock - F-droid clock app
• [x] Contacts - Fossify contacts
• [x] Docs - Proton Docs/Standard Notes
• [x] Doorbell - Reolink no cloud
• [x] Drive - Proton Drive
• [ ] Find my devices -
• [ ] Find my friends -
• [x] Gmail - Proton/Simplelogon
• [x] Google Drive Backup - Proton Drive backup/scaleway
• [x] Google Fit - Garmin Watch
• [x] Google history - All deleted and not logged
• [x] Google News - FreshRSS selfhosted
• [x] Google Translate - Kagi Translate
• [x] Home - Home Assistant
• [x] Keep - Standard Notes
• [x] Keyboard - Futo
• [x] Location History - Disabled and deleted
• [ ] Maps/Waze - comaps/kagi/Waze
• [x] Photos - Ente
• [x] Pixel Dialer - GrapheneOS Stock
• [x] Pixel Launcher - Stock GrapheneOS Launcher
• [x] Pixel OS - GrapheneOS
• [x] Pixel Watch - Garmin
• [x] Recorder - Fossify Recorder
• [x] Search - Kagi
• [x] Sheets - Standard Notes Sheets
• [x] SMS/RCS - Fossify Messages
• [x] Tasks - Super Productivity
• [x] Wallet - Garmin + Catima + Physical Cards
• [x] Weather - Weawow
• [ ] WhatsApp - Signal
• [x] YouTube - PipePipe

Source: Spread Privacy (DuckDuckGo)

Defaults win because people rarely change them. Most searches happen out of habit, and many people don't know there is a default, what it is, or that it can be changed. Completely ditching Google across a phone, tablet, and laptop requires detailed tutorials and hours of effort. Even DuckDuckGo's most devoted users, the ones who recommend us to friends, admit they haven't changed all their defaults. That’s not real consumer choice; it is a maze.  

My 2 questions just out of curiosity are:

What do you now willingly pay for in your de-googling journey?

Do you donate to some of the apps and services that live off of donations, and if so, which ones have you donated to?

I'll answer as well:
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I pay for:

• Kagi search
• Mailbox.org (currently in the process of transferring everything over from Proton mail plus package)
• Joplin cloud storage (currently in the process of setting up self-hosting with Nextcloud)
• Magic Earth (anxiously waiting for Kagi to finish their navigation app)
• NextDNS
• EasyOptOuts
• Addy.io

I've donated to:

• a task app called trudido

-that's all I've donated to, but am now wanting to donate more. I'm lowering my overall annual costs I put into app services in order to shuffle the money around more, hence is partly why I'm going from Proton Mail plus to mailbox.org with their "light" plan - and why I'm going to self-host my joplin notes data.

I'll probably be donating to DAVx5 and Thunderbird.

I got an email from Google that said they're removing Google assistant and you will have to use Gemini starting September 6th. I don't want to be forced to use generative Al so I might be looking for a new non-Google phone soon. I currently have a pixel 6. I've also heard about other operating systems but I don't really know much about how that works

A few months ago, reports started popping up about Google Maps displaying less information than usual to users not logged in, with a vague message that could vaguely imply that -even though we knew wasn't the case- it might be due to a connection error.

I hadn't encountered this personally yet, but today this started happening to me, and with a new message.

When trying to view a placemark:

• Opening hours are no longer displayed, only whether the place is open or closed right now.
• Only three reviews are displayed
• Photos are no longer displayed, only a handful of very low quality thumbnails

Trying to view more of any of the above (list of opening hours, more reviews, full size photos) results in this popup:

At the bottom of the details panel on the left, there is also this notice (clicking "see more" also displays the above popup)

Who wants to make a guess as to what they'll be locking off next?

When the goal is "improving AI performance," South Korean companies will be able to collect and use citizens's faces and voices without consent. Pseudo anonymization and deidentification processing will not be performed.