Black phone method
By Padrino Oraèmorto
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“The Blackphone is a smartphone built to ensure privacy,”
Black phone necessities:
> Google Pixel (4a, 4a 5G or 5) + GrapheneOS + F-Droid + BRIAR + Kuroba + Bromite (with MetaGer, Gibiru, YaCy or Searx).
Black phone setup:
The basic needs: afwall and appops x.
Firewall is a must
◦ do a factory reset first
◦ remove sim
◦ turn off wifi
◦ put bromite/afwall/appopsx/busybox into a usb
◦ use usb otg and sideload them all
◦ enable afwall, create rules that only allow bromite/etc.
◦ enable afwall "prevent startup leak" and set all other options to use busybox.
◦ the only busybox available options are meefik or busybox-ndk/magisk
Now appops x
◦ doesn't need root, if you have PC use adb
◦ this prevents apps from clipboardlogging
◦ this is required for android 4.0 up to 11.0. clipboardlogging is still on the run for any app
◦ although you'd need to trigger it first as it is sometimes hidden by sneaky app developers
◦ open malicious app, trigger clipboard by copying from their text box
◦ open appops x again
◦ look for the malicious app again
◦ tick off "read clipboard" permission
And you can use along with it appops rikka + shizuku (no root required), turn on clipboard notification, device usage so you'll know which apps were trying to abuse camera, recorder, clipboardlogging. (appops rikka had a bug though and won't show "read clipboard" option that's why i prefer appops x)
Next will be debloating and others
[!] caution needed. use debloater adb or disabler, this is optional
◦ get other keyboard that's available on f-droid
◦ disable your native keyboard dictionary, spell checker, anything you can find
◦ disable tts, face unlock, dictionaries, email, native browser, native music player
◦ install open source tts, email, via browser, retro player (github)
◦ disable "sync" in settings>accounts or in the gallery app if you're lucky
◦ remove or disable gms and all of google apps, perform a dalvik cache wipe afterwards
◦ >settings > location > turn off wifi/bluetooth scanning, turn off gps, turn off private dns
◦ go to the "Phone dialer app" > threedots/settings > phone number lookup > turn off forward lookup (defaults to google even in aosp lineage builds) > turm off reverse lookup and people lookup.
That one's a surprise right?
◦ install opencontacts/qksms
◦ disable messaging and phone dialer and test if opencontacts/qksms works fine by calling and msging yourself
That's as far as I can remember. Feel free to add anything I've missed.
A different guy, but its for debloating and what not.
Another thing, about apps: The protocol I mentioned, xmpp with OMEMO and OTR, is really good for securely talking to people.
Leaving the botnet is a pain in the ass to a lot of people so they don't bother.
Finally if you GENUINELY want to call people, download something like textnow, there’s better options I just can’t be bothered.
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