Thank you. I read through the page then scrolled back up to the “join” part.

It seems interesting, but the only way to try it is with Google, the links lead to playstore and accounts.google . The page also has Google fonts, and googletagmanager

Actually a pretty decent review.

There is this though

When evaluating browsers, I weighted privacy and security HEAVILY.

(Bolding is theirs, not mine)

Then the review page contains googletagmanager, Facebook, and mediavine. Which are all ad/tracking services.

I don’t agree with what they said, but everyone has opinions.

I know this is about desktop, but do not use ungoogled chromium for Android, it hasn’t been updated in years.

Instructions are here

https://community.torproject.org/relay/setup/snowflake/standalone/docker/

The one I had in my hotspot did not have a phone number attached. It was provisioned by the IMSI. This plan was cheaper than using my phone as a hotspot. I assumed that there was no phone number so you couldn’t game the system by getting this cheaper deal and popping the Sim into a phone.

So you are asking if this can be done? Some providers have data only Sims like what you get in a hotspot, or you could turn on do not disturb.

Is this a statement, or a question?

How did you happen to find that?

I don’t have any experience with AhaDNS Blitz.

With RethinkDNS I have had occasional failures on their Max resolver, changing to Sky then works. That has only happened two times though, and was fixed with a few hours.

Sorry I can’t be more help.

I really like the block all apps by default. I read release notes, download something, scan with App Manager. If that’s all good then it can connect to the internet.

And I use the Wikipedia app so I can block intake-analytics.wikimedia.org and the app still works.

ControlD is good, I have it setup at work. Their paid plans allow more fine control.

They can also be used to unlock geoblocking both on free and paid plans.

Coworkers need TikTok, YouTube, and Twitter, otherwise I would block that crap too.

Have a look at RethinkDNS, https://docs.rethinkdns.com/dns/ their wiki is pretty good. They have recommended block lists, and also have a feature that let’s you search inside block lists to see what they actually cover.

If you are on Android they have a companion app, you do not need to use it though. The app adds a good firewall (capture and redirect port 53 for example) and detailed logs if you want. You can block domains and specific IP addresses.

It’s all FOSS too

Hippos

I think it’s better since it allows more granular control. For instance, if you have the Wikipedia app you can block

intake-analytics.wikimedia.org

and still use the site normally. You have to decide if that’s right for you.

Battery usage is 4.2% on my device.

Edit: formatting

As someone else said you probably want RethinkDNS.

If you want to get away from Simple Mobile Tools (and you should, they sold out to an ad company) you should look at the fork here https://github.com/FossifyOrg they are on f-droid

Their privacy policy says this

5.2. Do Not Track

Zen Browser automatically honors “Do Not Track” requests by default. We ensure that no tracking of your activity occurs, in compliance with this setting

DNT is voluntary, no one respects it, it makes you stand out, and is a known tracking vector.

https://github.com/flathub/flathub/pull/5449

If you are OK opening things up and can use a soldering iron you could put a physical switch on the microphone.

William Gibson’s Ugly Shirt come to life

I very much doubt it’s malware. This is from the same developer as DivestOS, Mull, Mulch, etc.

It’s offline except when you update databases. Nothing in firewall logs except when you update. App Manager scans look clean.

E often falls behind on patch levels, see the page here https://divestos.org/pages/patch_history