### Website github.com ### GitHub - privacyguides/verified-apps-android: An Android app to more easily contribute to our... An Android app to more easily contribute to our Verified Apps database ### Short description An app that lets you verify the hashes of APKs. ### Why I think this tool should be considered I think it’s important to have a way to verify apps you’re intalling when you aren’t using a signing authority like Google Play. Bringing attention to this on the main pages would be helpful. I also think AppVerifierBG should be considered, but they’re so similar that I don’t think they warrant separate posts. ### Section on Privacy Guides Obtaining Applicattions ### Affiliation confirmation on

Is @anonymous700 right that PrivacyGuides doesn’t have a section for phone number services because there are no good options?

blibly: > ### Section on Privacy Guides > > This would need to be its own section Relevant links: * Mobile Internet Options * VoIP service recommendations - #6 by henry89 * VOIP Providers · Issue #2009 · privacyguides/privacyguides.org · GitHub * update!: Add Phone Service Providers by jonaharagon · Pull Request #2099 · privacyguides/privacyguides.org · GitHub I wonder why PG doesn’t have a section for this? Is it just that there are no good options?

Hi, I couldn’t find the link where it was suggested that uninstalling the image viewer wasn’t a bad idea—it was here on PrivacyGuides. In that same “post” I discovered that I could use Winget to update and install programs more securely. It listed a number of programs pre-installed on Windows 11 that might or might not be useful. For now, I’ve installed Nomacs. Btw I always hated Windows native image viewer lol

Sadly, EasyOptOuts (recommended by PrivacyGuides) is also PayPal only. Feels weird for a data-removal service to only accept a service that shares your data with everyone. I am considering dropping my subscription when it’s time to renew, since it is the only thing I use PayPal for.

Videos like the email aliasing tier list and "The Phone the FBI Couldn’t Hack have links to neat.tube videos, but when I go to the PrivacyGuides channel or use the search bar on neat.tube, they don’t show up.

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github.com/privacyguides/verified-apps #### data.yml 0aeb0e4c5 schema: 4 packages: - package: InfinityLoop1309.NewPipeEnhanced signature: - fingerprint: DE:C7:34:29:CE:25:63:27:5F:5E:D1:98:25:E4:46:52:B3:2B:36:3A:46:F3:8B:DF:F9:AD:6D:CD:E4:84:2D:88 sources: - name: Direct APK Link issue: GH-198 apk: sha256: 4a894277ba9157ac4ea42a583d2860d5ed795091c61e2ae5620e0e0384f7037a link: https://github.com/InfinityLoop1308/PipePipe/releases/download/v5.1.0/PipePipe_5.1.0-arm64-v8a-release.apk - name: F-Droid issue: GH-198 apk: sha256: 4a894277ba9157ac4ea42a583d2860d5ed795091c61e2ae5620e0e0384f7037a - name: F-Droid (IzzyOnDroid) issue: GH-198 apk: sha256: 56b3ddc154322975a721290fc89f401fc368a70a522057fbba754198e942f60e - package: air.com.parkerstech.day This file has been truncated. show original

I don’t think there’s a one size fits all answer here. The simplest answer is finding a source of recommendations you trust, or that can at least point you in the right direction. Is it listed on something like AlternativeTo, PrivacyGuides or the Techlore Resources page? Did a cybersecurity/privacy blog/podcast you’re familiar with discuss it? How did they get listed or end up in the discussion? Questions I tend to pass through: * What am I entrusting the app with and what is my risk model with respect to that data/access? * What do I know about the developer and their reputation? * I personally take particular note of where they’re legally based. * What else have they developed? * Does the business model seem sustainable? * This is related to reputation and one might compensate for the other. * How long has the app been in active development? * Are there any other controls the app has passed? * Is it on an app store and how well do they keep malware at bay? * Are there any public audits? * What are the altenatives and how do they compare? * In particular, are there clones and which is the original? * Is there a suitable open source option? * Based on the answers to the questions, are there any additional requirements I would want to put in place? * For example, I might trust an app enough to use it for a particular thing, but not enough to allow it to connect to the internet. Or I might try to find out what if anything it tries to connect to.

A search for the podcast turned up this site: https://thisweekinprivacy.net, which gives `https://feeds.transistor.fm/this-week-in-privacy` as the URL for the podcast RSS feed. If that site’s the canonical new home, maybe there could be a redirect pointing there from `fm.neat.tube/@thisweekinprivacy/feeds.xml` and the references to the neat.tube URL could be updated on the privacyguides pages?

Why would you use that OS? Using an OS you can’t trust is likely a mistake that can’t be mitigated for your threat model. This blog has a fair bit I disagree with but it teaches about identity segmentation and the failures section may be helpful for you. You should learn as much as possible. GrapheneOS’s tweets, Privacyguides, privsec.dev, Qubes/Tails/Whonix documentation are all good. Compare everything and search the forum. Update your threat model. You need to learn a shit ton because you should be an expert before you can expect to not make mistakes when doing actions far below that level. All it takes is one mistake, you have to be flawless all the time. http://blog.nowherejezfoltodf4jiyl6r56jnzintap5vyjlia7fkirfsnfizflqd.onion/

I do agree that the section could probably be reviewed as it has not been updated since April 2025 but I can’t agree with the conclusions you reach. Lain: > The privacyguides website should be primarily about privacy and not primarily about security. How do you suppose a site can advocate for digital privacy without also advocating for digital security? Lain: > There are billions of people with very out of date systems, afaik an up to date rooted android phone is far more secure than the average phone. What’s the point of this comparison? Out of date or EOL phones will always be less secure then an up to date phone.

github.com/privacyguides/privacyguides.org #### update: Removed outdated info about molly (#3277) `main` ← `friadev:molly` opened 04:13PM - 19 Sep 26 UTC friadev +2 -6 List of changes proposed in this PR: - fixed broken link to the Signal harden…ing blog post - removed references to Molly-FOSS as it's deprecated - removed reference to updating every two weeks since the last release was two months ago relevant discussion: https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/update-molly-entry-remove-discourage-molly-foss/35258

Yup, that’s exactly what I started doing! As emails came in to my aliases throughout the day, I changed them to their service name and then my domain, such as privacyguides@mydomain .com, which is pretty handy. And I have another 15 months before my Unlimited subscription is up for renewal. Hopefully I can catch every single alias and address in that period of time and get things all squared away.

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ptio is privacytools. It was our communities name before we moved on to privacyguides. We have some history with them: PrivacyTools FAQ - Privacy Guides The current ptio is a mere shell of what it used to be, using the reputation that we build up over the years to now send people through affiliate links to make money.

github.com/privacyguides/privacyguides.org #### remove outdated info about the security slider in Tor Browser (#3273) `main` ← `friadev:Tor-Browser` opened 02:17PM - 13 Sep 26 UTC friadev +1 -1 List of changes proposed in this PR: - removed the warning about restarting a…fter changing the security slider, since Tor Browser now forces you to restart when you change it relevant comment: https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/the-recommendations-pages-about-browsers-make-tor-seem-more-omnipotent-than-it-is/40586/17

I opened a PR, let me know if y’all think it looks good or if you would change the wording: github.com/privacyguides/privacyguides.org #### update: Fix wording on desktop browsers page to more accurately refle… (#3272) `main` ← `friadev:tor` opened 05:36PM - 12 Sep 26 UTC friadev +3 -3 List of changes proposed in this PR: - changed description of Tor Browser to …say its the best available option against fingerprinting and not imply it's untraceable - changed the description of Mullvad browser to say it makes your fingerprint similar to a large number of other users rather than saying that all users look identical - changed the word "thwart" to "defend against" relevant discussion: https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/the-recommendations-pages-about-browsers-make-tor-seem-more-omnipotent-than-it-is/40586

Apple's new watches are always listening with their new Live Rewind feature, GrapheneOS plans to overhaul all it's default apps, LG's TVs have been caught listening even when they're offline or on…

Ente Auth can be used local/offline with no cloud sync and not require an Ente account. That’s how I use mine. I also like Aegis. Bitwarden’s Auth is a little buggy for me, and it can be used local/offline. Have your backup plans worked out with retrieval and restoration. Best bet, would be to try them all with some of your most frequently used codes and see how you like/dislike them before bringing all your codes over. Probably not on the PrivacyGuides list due to age. It’s just several months old, isn’t it?