Simplifying w/Digital Minimalism: What's on My Phone
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Looking for an answer more detailed than just switch to pixel and use graphene or calyx.

What are the recommended changes to use in the Settings App to make Apple more secure and private? Should I just use the Safari browser due to all the browsers being the same as they all use WebKit

I’m looking for suggested changes to staying minimal but increasing privacy and security on iPhone

  • elouboub@kbin.social
    323·
    1 year ago

    There is no privacy on an iPhone. The software is controlled by Apple. You basically don’t own your device. All the toggles and different modes are cute, but mean nothing to Apple. They are like the buttons at the pedestrian crossing: you can hit it to make yourself feel good, but they’ll keep doing what they do regardless of you hitting it or not.

    It’s not what you want to hear, but it’s the reality of it.

    • deweydecibel@lemmy.worldEnglish
      9·
      1 year ago

      Moreover, resistance to this point, insisting you “don’t want to be told” to use something else, is how you betray yourself.

      As long as you have this attachment to iPhone, where the very notion of switching to anything else triggers this feeling of annoyance and causes you to pull back reflexively, then you’ve already surrendered.

      Consumer lock-in like this is exactly why Apple, Google and Microsoft get away with so much shit. Learn to walk away and try other things. And that goes for everyone, regardless of what hardware or OS you use.

  • iqwertyasdf@lemmy.worldEnglish
    16·
    1 year ago

    Opt out of personalised advertising, reset your advertising ID frequently, use websites were possible in place of apps and any apps you do have review permissions regularly, go through your apps and turn off “learn from this app”, enable location services icon to see when apps are using your location, either use extensions to enhance your browsing experience that block ads and tracking or use a private browser such as Firefox (I don’t suggest using brave but others may vouch for it), set up a VPN for cases where you may need to use someone’s else network (protonVPN has a free tier but also offers premium options, rename your device to something generic such as “Bluetooth device”, by default your iPhone will probably be called YOURNAME’s iPhone as silly as this one sounds it’s worth changing as you aren’t advertising your first name over Bluetooth.

    Hope this helps.

    • cod@lemmy.worldEnglish
      21·
      1 year ago

      I’m a bit ignorant, how would one reset advertising ID?

      • iqwertyasdf@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        1 year ago

        After searching for the setting for a good 10 minutes trying to convince myself I didn’t imagine it being there, it seems it was removed in iOS 14… sorry for the outdated suggestion

    • miss_brainfart@lemmy.ml
      1·
      1 year ago

      Is there much of a point in using Firefox on iOS over Safari with Adguard, since it’s all the same under the hood anyway?

      • iqwertyasdf@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        While it is the same at the core (both using webkit) I still recommend FF over safari. FF is better at blocking tracking all around and has better privacy features such as force https.

  • twelve12@lemmy.mlEnglish
    132·
    1 year ago

    Switch to Android is a good first step. Being able to run verified open source software with F-Droid is a good first step!

  • MoshBit@beehaw.org
    87·
    1 year ago

    Due to Apples walled garden, its going to be difficult to nearly impossible. I know it’s not the answer you want to hear but moving to an Android/ pixel system is going to be far, far easier and will produce better results. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news but that’s the reality of the iPhone ecosystem.

    • ByteWelder@lemmy.mlEnglish
      8·
      1 year ago

      As an experienced Android dev and former iOS dev: pushing someone to Google products is not going to improve someone’s privacy. Apple is not “good” in terms of privacy, but Google is much worse. The only real options in that area are MicroG-based Android OS-es, or fully de-googled ones. However, custom ROMs are often not problem-free though. In that case, a Pixel phone is probably still the best option.

  • cod@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11·
    1 year ago

    I’m also a privacy-focused iPhone user who’s not too knowledgeable, I hope you get a bunch of responses here. The only one here so far has been helpful