Post AabNjKi8laAPKPoHvk by LukefromDC@kolektiva.social
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 (DIR) Post #AaaWGPntSQPV9epKNM by info_activism@mastodon.cc
       2023-10-09T08:29:28Z
       
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       📱When we get a new cellphone, we usually buy a case to protect the outside. But protecting our new device's insides is also crucial.These steps will help you cultivate your new phone to protect you and ensure that it can safely handle your information: https://datadetoxkit.org/en/security/newphone.
       
 (DIR) Post #AabNjKi8laAPKPoHvk by LukefromDC@kolektiva.social
       2023-10-09T18:28:35Z
       
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       @info_activism Note that "find my phone" cannot be used when Google Play Services is disabled or not present. Not sure of this but it probably requires a Google Account too. That in turn could allow a 3ed party with a warrant (or a hack) inside Google to find your phone.No Google account and disabling/removing/never having had Google Play Services cuts off a massive flow of data to Google and makes it much harder to find you by watching Google. In particular, this also disables Googe Maps, which is the program that found so many of the J6 terrorists. With no Google Play services, nobody can quietly turn location sharing and Google Maps back on.If you do have a Google-ized phone and it gets taken by the cops, DO wipe it remotely even though that can bring an obstruction charge. Obstruction is a DUTY when your friends are at risk and may protect others from worse charges.A remote wipe will only work if they are dumb enougb to start it up however momentarily outside of a Faraday cage, so don't rely on it working.If you have strong encryption with no biometrics and it is not captured running, the cops won't be able to get in anyway.At J20, it was either 1/3 or 2/3ds (I forget which) that were encrypted well enough the cops could not get in. With 230+ phones to deal with not much time could be given to any one of them though.
       
 (DIR) Post #AaeVgJNmdB3JRnEpqS by LukefromDC@kolektiva.social
       2023-10-11T06:41:48Z
       
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       @info_activism Also note that if you know how or can figure out how to use the ADB (Android Debugging Bridge) USB interface, you can disable EVERY vendor-installed trash app. Crucially, this includes the Facebook app, which I've seen preinstalled on some phones with disabling it "blocked." You can still kill it over ADB, commands look like this:adb shell pm uninstall -k --user 0 (some malicious app)Note that carrier installed malware like Carrier IQ(found last year added by an AT&T SIM or a store employee to an unlocked non-carrier phone) MUST be removed! If the phone won't start after doing so, remove the SIM card and the phone will then start. Get another SIM from a different carrier. Probably you will find only the bulk phone service resellers to be usable given this .Another reason you don't want carrier apps or carrier phones is tethering. You want unrestricted tethering at full speed and as high a percentage or your data as needed. Carriers HATE this as it cuts their ad partners out of the mix. A phone with something like Graphene never "checks your plan" before allowing tethering, a carrier phone always does, a stock unlocked phone may or may not. You can defeat all the anti-tether crap by tethering over USB with Azilink if nothing else works. Device-only bandwidth is useless if you don't want to pay for an (easily verified to your address) landline.