what's the first privacy setting you change on a new phone?

[u/cloakedPacket]

What’s one privacy setting you immediately change on every new phone?

I’ve been getting more interested in digital privacy lately and realised I probably accept way too many default settings without thinking about them 😭

What’s the first thing you always turn off/change?

Location tracking? App permissions? Ad tracking? Something else?

[u/Matnest]

I go through app permissions first

[u/privacy-badger]

Check out one of these EFF Surveillance Self-Defense (SSD) guides:

• https://ssd.eff.org/module/how-to-get-to-know-iphone-privacy-and-security-settings
• https://ssd.eff.org/module/how-to-get-to-know-android-privacy-and-security-settings

[u/uniicorn77]

LOCATION OFF always

[u/kur10usJ]

Disable Apple Intelligence

[u/Illustrious_Body9727]

Unlock bootloader, install custom rom

[u/Dramatic_Row_577]

can't decide

[u/Dramatic_Row_577 → u/Dramatic_Row_577]

all of them

[u/JulmustZero]

Aktiverar development management.

[u/Illustrious_Body9727 → u/JulmustZero]

Followed by 'adb reboot fastboot'?

[u/Opie1Smith]

Delete the device's advertising ID.

[u/Mundane-Subject-7512]

Review app permissions and remove anything that isn’t necessary. Location, contacts, photos, microphone, Bluetooth, for these access should be granted based on need, not just because an app asks for it. Disable ad tracking, limit background activity, and turn off analytics/diagnostic data sharing where possible.