How your phones' wallpaper can be used to track you

🎥 Video Link Mobile privacy guide https://sideofburritos.com/docs/setup-guides/mobile-privacy/ Links referenced for video https://fingerprint.com/blog/how-android-wallpaper-images-threaten-privacy/ - privacy.com main article referenced https://github.com/fingerprintjs/blog-android-wallpaper-id-demo - WallpaperID App used in demo https://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/WallpaperManager#getWallpaperColors(int) - Android source code - getWallpaperColors https://cs.android.com/android/platform/superproject/+/master:frameworks/base/core/java/com/android/internal/graphics/palette/VariationalKMeansQuantizer.java;l=31?q=KMeansQua&ss=android%2Fplatform%2Fsuperproject - getWallpaperColors source code - K-means clustering https://www.clear.rice.edu/elec301/Projects02/artSpy/patmac/RGB.jpg - 3D color cube https://clarle.github.io/yui3/yui/docs/color/rgb-slider.html - RGB sliders

August 7, 2022 · 1 min · 48 words · Josh

FULL reveal of what apps I use on my personal phone | GrapheneOS

🎥 Video Link Mobile privacy guide https://sideofburritos.com/docs/setup-guides/mobile-privacy/ My other videos I referenced 🎥 Storing your contacts in the cloud 🎥 Storing your calendar events in the cloud 🎥 Calling a scammer 🎥 You should uninstall F-Droid - Part 1 🎥 You should uninstall F-Droid - Part 2 🎥 You should use this instead of F-Droid | How to use app RSS feed Full list of apps I have installed (as of 2022-07-31) 1Password Aegis AntennaPod Aurora Store Briar Burner Cube ACR DAVx⁵ Geometric Weather Google Camera Magic Earth Mullvad VPN NewPipe Nextcloud OpenVPN Play Store Plex Read You Signal Simple Calendar Pro Sonos Spotify Syncthing Todoist Twidere UniFi Network UniFi Protect UptimeRobot Vanadium

July 31, 2022 · 1 min · 113 words · Josh

Period tracking app Roe v Wade | Cloud vs Local Storage

🎥 Video Link App Downloads Android https://bloodyhealth.gitlab.io/ - Drip https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.arnowelzel.android.periodical - Periodical https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kollectivemobile.euki - Euki App Download iOS https://apps.apple.com/us/app/euki/id1469213846 - Euki Links referenced for video https://transparencyreport.google.com/user-data/overview?hl=en - Google Transparency Report https://theintercept.com/2022/06/29/crypto-coinbase-tracer-ice/ - Coinbase Providing “Geo Tracking Data” to ICE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FDIef7tVFg - ‘The Hated One - My Phone Is Anonymous Now’ Video https://lers.google.com/signup_v2/landing - Google | Law Enforcement Request System https://www.facebook.com/records/login/ - Facebook | Law Enforcement Request System https://help.twitter.com/en/forms/law-enforcement - Twitter | Law Enforcement Request System https://www.npr.org/2022/07/01/1109467942/tiktok-china-data-privacy - TikTok says it’s putting new limits on Chinese workers’ access to U.S. user data https://www.businessinsider.com/tiktok-confirms-us-user-data-accessed-in-china-bytedance-2022-7 - TikTok Confirms US User Data Can Be Accessed in China https://www.theverge.com/2022/6/24/23181851/t-mobile-browsing-data-app-insights-marketing-opt-out - T-Mobile is happily selling customers’ app habits to advertisers https://www.cio.com/article/402208/data-science-drives-big-decisions-at-kohls.html - Data science drives big decisions at Kohl’s https://www.theregister.com/2022/06/20/captial_one_wire_fraud/ - Capital One fraudster got in via ‘misconfigured’ AWS storage https://twitter.com/alexjyong/status/1542184851532423168 - Tweet regarding Drip iOS release https://floridaphoenix.com/2020/11/25/u-s-appeals-court-oks-use-of-third-party-app-data-to-track-down-suspected-child-molester/ - U.S. appeals court OKs use of third-party app data to track down suspected child molester https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/04/13/us/google-location-tracking-police.html - Google is a dragnet for police https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/blog/2021/01/health-app-broke-its-privacy-promises-disclosing-intimate-details-about-users - Health app broke its privacy promises by disclosing intimate details about users

July 3, 2022 · 1 min · 180 words · Josh

Apple is still tracking you.

🎥 Video Link Links referenced for video https://www.emarketer.com/content/apple-ad-revenues-skyrocket-amid-its-privacy-changes - Apple ad revenues skyrocket amid its privacy changes https://www.ft.com/content/074b881f-a931-4986-888e-2ac53e286b9d - Apple’s privacy changes create windfall for its own advertising business https://www.ft.com/content/69396795-f6e1-4624-95d8-121e4e5d7839 - Apple reaches quiet truce over iPhone privacy changes https://developer.apple.com/app-store/app-privacy-details/ - App privacy details on the App Store https://jamesfriend.com.au/pce-js/pce-js-apps/ - Classic Mac terminal emulator https://blackkite.com/data-breaches-caused-by-third-parties/ - Data breaches caused by third parties

June 5, 2022 · 1 min · 62 words · Josh

iCloud Private Relay explained WITH demo

🎥 Video Link Links referenced for video https://www.apple.com/privacy/docs/iCloud_Private_Relay_Overview_Dec2021.PDF - iCloud Private Relay Technical Overview https://blog.cloudflare.com/icloud-private-relay/ https://developer.apple.com/support/prepare-your-network-for-icloud-private-relay/ https://support.apple.com/guide/icloud/set-up-icloud-private-relay-mm7dc25cb68f/icloud - How to setup on Apple devices https://mask-api.icloud.com/egress-ip-ranges.csv - iCloud Private Relay IP Ranges https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2021/10/ftc-staff-report-finds-many-internet-service-providers-collect-troves-personal-data-users-have-few - US ISP’s collecting user data https://www.ftc.gov/reports/look-what-isps-know-about-you-examining-privacy-practices-six-major-internet-service-providers - US ISPs privacy practices

May 29, 2022 · 1 min · 44 words · Josh

Secure Contacts Storage | Free Cloud Storage Android | Nextcloud

🎥 Video Link Links referenced for video https://nextcloud.com Nextcloud Homepage https://nextcloud.com/signup/ - Nextcloud Account Signup https://www.howtogeek.com/448829/how-to-export-apple-icloud-and-iphone-contacts-to-windows-10/ - How to export iCloud contacts https://support.google.com/contacts/answer/7199294?hl=en&co=GENIE.Platform=Desktop - How to export Google Contacts

May 22, 2022 · 1 min · 29 words · Josh

So you just installed GrapheneOS, now what?

🎥 Video Link Other tutorial videos referenced https://youtu.be/ocwznyrMVwE - GrapheneOS calendar setup https://youtu.be/NJzA9yRGgeM - GrapheneOS contacts setup https://youtu.be/eyWmcItzisk - GrapheneOS phone backup https://youtu.be/SZ0PKtiXTSs - GrapheneOS Google Play Services install Links referenced for video https://attestation.app/about - Auditor App details https://github.com/GrapheneOS/Vanadium - Vanadium Browser details https://f-droid.org - F-Droid Store https://auroraoss.com - Aurora Store

May 14, 2022 · 1 min · 51 words · Josh

I tried the DuckDuckGo Privacy Browser :( - My first impressions

🎥 Video Link How to apply to the browser beta Install the DuckDuckGo mobile app Open the app → select the 3 vertical dots in the upper right corner → click Settings Scroll down to the section labeled More From DuckDuckGo Select DuckDuckGo Desktop App → press Join waitlist Links referenced for video https://spreadprivacy.com/introducing-duckduckgo-for-mac/ - Official DDG blog post https://twitter.com/yegg/status/1501716484761997318 - DDG Tweet about down-ranking https://torrentfreak.com/duckduckgo-removes-pirate-sites-and-youtube-dl-from-its-search-results-220415/ - TF article about DDG removing pirate sites from results https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_Not_Track - Do Not Track HTTP header

May 1, 2022 · 1 min · 83 words · Josh

uBlock Origin - Bounce Tracking Prevention | Browser Privacy

🎥 Video Link Links referenced for video https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Strict-blocking - uBlock Origin example documented https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Dead_Rising_2 - You can click the “Green Man Gaming” link here if you want to follow along https://www.dpbolvw.net/click-6723194-10912384?url=https://www.greenmangaming.com/games/dead-rising-2/?tap_a=1964-996bbb&tap_s=341948-7fd0d2 - Direct link to click tracker, only click if you have uBlock Origin installed https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Query_string https://brave.com/privacy-updates/8-grab-bag-2/ https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/03/brave-has-a-plan-to-stymie-websites-that-override-your-privacy-settings/?comments=1 https://brave.com/privacy-updates/16-unlinkable-bouncing/ https://brave.com/privacy-updates/8-grab-bag-2/ https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Dead_Rising_2 https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/http-www-dpbolvw-net-whenever-i-click-a-link-it-redirects-me-here.940336/ uBlock Origin Download Links https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ublock-origin/cjpalhdlnbpafiamejdnhcphjbkeiagm - Chrome/Chromium https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ublock-origin/ - Firefox https://microsoftedge.microsoft.com/addons/detail/ublock-origin/odfafepnkmbhccpbejgmiehpchacaeak?node=10232440011 - Microsoft Edge

April 24, 2022 · 1 min · 66 words · Josh

Browser Privacy | Cookieless Tracking - ETag

🎥 Video Link Firefox Users For some reason, I wasn’t able to get Firefox to send a blank header even with the Empty header mode enabled. Perhaps it’s something with the browser. As a workaround, enter a space in the Value box once you get to step 5. Click the Value box, and hit your space bar once. After that, everything should work as expected. If you know why it’s not working, please reach out. ...

April 17, 2022 · 2 min · 286 words · Josh