I’m unable to install custom roms on my Samsung phone, and I currently can’t afford getting another phone. The model in question seems to support Android 13 after an update, at least from what I read. However for personal privacy reasons, I would not like to mention the specific model of the phone.
What can I do to improve privacy on Samsung phones with stock roms?
I would probably install rethinkdns, it has tracker filtering via dns and a firewall for apps. If you use a vpn maybe consider nextdns to have the vpn slot free.
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I’m probably missing something, but I can’t figure out how to find the hostname for rethinkdns nor nextdns. Looking at the DNS Resolver recommendations from Privacy Guides, I was able to find the hostname for Mullvad’s DNS resolver though. Would that work as well, or is it missing something that rethinkdns/nextdns can do?
Aside from DNS, is there any other settings I should change too?
rethinkdns dev here
A correction: Rethink, the DNS resolver, supports DNS over TLS (aka Private DNS; see), while Rethink, the Android app, since v055 (released on 14 Aug) supports connecting to any / multiple WireGuard VPNs and to Tor via Orbot (:
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