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This page summarizes the projects mentioned and recommended in the original post on /r/PrivacyGuides

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  • App Manager

    A full-featured package manager and viewer for Android

    As per blocking trackers, using exactly such a de facto standard as Adaway, you would ideally make it so that you blend in with most other users that block ads and trackers with always up-to-date (cat-and-mouse) default lists (a bit like FF+ubO on desktop). Indeed, we talk of smaller numbers compared with iPhones + safari tracking blocker, but I still see no extreme point of failure there. Also, one could recur to disabling locally apps' tracking libraries, option not given without root.

  • Magisk

    The Magic Mask for Android

    Magisk: US-based John Wu, currently employed at Google

  • WorkOS

    The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

  • GmsCore

    Free implementation of Play Services

    microG: Marvin Wißfeld (currently employed at /e/ to continue development od microG)

  • XPrivacyLua

    Discontinued Really simple to use privacy manager for Android 6.0 Marshmallow and later

    XPrivacyLua: Netherlands-based Marcel Bokhorst, also developer of privacy centric Fair Email

  • LSPosed

    Discontinued LSPosed Framework

    LSPosed: community project, actively maintained by China-based developers, reputable as far as we know

  • AdAway

    AdAway is a free and open source ad blocker for Android.

    Adaway: France-based Bruce Bujon, employed at MBDA

NOTE: The number of mentions on this list indicates mentions on common posts plus user suggested alternatives. Hence, a higher number means a more popular project.

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