Hardened Stock Android Versus Graphene OS and Hardened iOS

[Lukas (Lukas Dutovas)]

While you do get a lot more control on Android than on iOS, you still can’t do much without resorting to an alternative OS like GrapheneOS.

You should do the basics:

Delete the advertising ID.

Delete or disable apps that you don’t need.

Replace the browser, I would recommend Brave on the stock OS.

Use a VPN that has DNS-based content filtering, or if you aren’t using a VPN, then pick a good DoT provider.

Disable Bluetooth and Wi-Fi scanning.

Opt-out of usage & diagnostics.