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Re:Every 30 minutes Windows 10 sends all typed text to Micro... by mike-cardwell on Thursday August 13, 2015 @10:26AM (#10054424)
Cyanogenmod. I use privacy guard to limit which apps get access to various sensors and data on my phone. I then use a combination of OrWall, Orbot and OpenVPN so I can choose on a per app basis one of three options:

1.) No Internet access (the default)

2.) Route through Tor

3.) Route via VPN to a server at home and out through my broadband connection (I trust my broadband ISP slightly more than my mobile network provider). This protects me on untrusted WiFi networks too.

[edit] I wish I didn't have to do all this, but the smartphone OS market doesn't give me non-leaky OS options in the same way that the Desktop market does.

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Re:Every 30 minutes Windows 10 sends all typed text to Micro... by _lce0 on Thursday August 13, 2015 @03:58PM (#10056814)
After falling with the locations' UI trick[1], I've decided to move away from Google's Android.

Luckily Cyanogenmod supports my phone. I will attempt the installation soon. Any piece of advice, or something you would like have known when at my situation?

1: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10052199

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