Smartphone, don't spy!
✔ A checklist for your mobile security

Flyer: Smartphone, don't spy!, smartphone-dont-spy.de, (en)
Next cryptoparties at cryptoparty.in, cryptoparty.in, (en)
NO STALK App, nostalk.de, (de)
About privacy and Location Services in iOS, iPadOS, and watchOS, apple.com, (en)
SIM swap scam, wikipedia.org, (en)
F-Droid: Neo Backup, f-droid.org, (en)
MacOS: Encrypting and protecting a storage medium with a password using Disk Utility on the Mac, apple.com, (de)
VeraCrypt, veracrypt.fr, (en)
duplicity, duplicity.us, (en)
restic, restic.net, (en)
Wigle.net - All the networks. Found by Everyone., wigle.net, (en)
Webcam ticker map TOP SECRET, bmfsfj.de, (de)
What is a Location Area?, de.wikipedia.org, (en)
Frequently asked questions: General and SINA connection, bundesnetzagentur.de, (de)
Was ist RRLP?, wikipedia.org, (en)
The emergency location service quickly provides precise location information, android.com, (de)
Location data for emergency call 112, ils-freiburg.de, (de)
Advanced Mobile Location, wikipedia.org, (de)
CalyxOS, calyxos.org, (en)
GrapheneOS, grapheneos.org, (en)
Diceware, wikipedia.org, (en)
Download F-Droid, f-droid.org, (en)
Download Aurora Store via F-Droid, f-droid.org, (en)
privascore.org - The data protection traffic light for digital data, privascore.org, (de)
εxodus - The privacy audit platform for Android applications, reports.exodus-privacy.eu.org, (en)
How To Get the DuckDuckGo App on Android, duckduckgo.com, (en)
Messenger matrix, messenger-matrix.de, (de)
Set and manage disappearing messages on Signal, signal.org, (en)
Automatically Tidy Up Threema Chats, threema.ch, (en)
Speaker authentication, wikipedia.org, (de)
What is zero-click malware and how does it work?, kaspersky.de, (de)
About Lockdown Mode, apple.com, (en)
FreeTubeAndroid, github.com, (en)
Invidious instances, docs.invidious.io, (en)
LibRedirect, libredirect.github.io, (en)
eBlocker, eblocker.org, (en)
Pi-hole, pi-hole.net, (en)
AdAway for Android, adaway.org, (en)
uBlock Origin for Firefox, mozilla.org, (en)
duckduckgo.com, duckduckgo.com, (en)
stract.com, stract.com, (en)
OpenKeychain: Easy PGP, f-droid.org, (en)
So aktivierst du den erweiterten Datenschutz für iCloud, apple.com, (en)
Harvest now, decrypt later, en.wikipedia.org, (en)
RiseupVPN, riseup.net, (en)
Imagepipe auf F-Droid, f-droid.org, (en)
have i been pwned?, haveibeenpwned.com, (en)
Phishing, wikipedia.org, (en)
Libretube, libretube.dev, (en)
Tubular, github.com, (en)
NewPipe, newpipe.net, (en)
Codeberg, codeberg.org, (en)
Donate for this project, liberapay.com, (en)
Help for victims of violence, weisser-ring.de, (de)
Women against violence .e.V.: Help & advice Local support services, aktiv-gegen-digitale-gewalt.de, (de)
The Federal Association of Women's Counseling Centers and Women's Emergency Calls, frauen-gegen-gewalt.de, (de)
Lock and unlock the bootloader, android.com, (en)
Bootloader unlocking, wikipedia.org, (en)
Léon – The URL Cleaner , f-droid.org, (en)
The Join Fediverse Wiki, joinfediverse.wiki, (en)
Let's find a Fediverse home, fediverse.observer, (de)
Explorer the fediverse map, fediverse.party, (en)
US government chat: this could also happen in Germany, zeit.de, (de)
How to Enter the US With Your Digital Privacy Intact, wired.com, (en)
SS7: Locate. Track. Manipulate, media.ccc.de, (en), 2014-12-28
Computer science expertise: One phone number is enough to hit a person with a drone missile, netzpolitik.org, (de), 2016-09-20
Phone-Cracking Cellebrite Software Used to Prosecute Tortured Dissident, theintercept.com, (en), 2016-12-08
Smartphone control in the USA - Don't lie!, deutschlandfunknova.de, (de), 2017-02-20
The end of anonymity, sueddeutsche.de, (de), 2017-07-11
Interactive card: mandatory registration for prepaid SIM cards widespread in Europe, netzpolitik.org, (de), 2017-08-02
Mobile phone provider: Objection to the collection of movement data, kuketz-blog.de, (de), 2018-02-09
The state pings every one and a half minutes, sueddeutsche.de, (de), 2018-08-07
35C3 - The hidden side of mobile communications, media.ccc.de, (de), 2018-12-29
How to protect your data at the border, zeit.de, (de), 2019-06-04
The 5-G monitoring standards, media.ccc.de, (de), 2019-08-28
How To CryptoParty, digitalcourage.de, (de), 2019-12-21
A killswitch for your smartphone, steampixel.de, (de), 2020-01-26
The voice: The new fingerprint, srf.ch, (de), 2020-02-20
GDPR complaint: Data protection officer considers Android tracking highly problematic, heise.de, (de), 2020-05-18
Bluetooth vulnerability enables undetected attacks, heise.de, (de), 2020-05-21
Why a hidden SSID does not provide security, but even enables movement profiles, wlan-blog.com, (de), 2020-06-28
Ever thought about hardware sealing?, steampixel.de, (de), 2020-08-09
Inverse search: Google provides police with user data based on search terms, heise.de, (de), 2020-10-09
Police receive a list of all users who have googled a keyword, netzpolitik.org, (de), 2020-10-13
GrapheneOS: The Android for security and privacy freaks, kuketz-blog.de, (de), 2020-11-17
Linux: How to encrypt a USB disk, medium.com, (en), 2021-09-01
DMCA Takedown - Delete your data from archive.org, steampixel.de, (de), 2021-09-21
For beginners/comfortable users: Ban ads and trackers under iOS/Android system-wide, kuketz-blog.de, (de), 2021-10-26
Advertising ID: How the license plate for smartphones works, mobilsicher.de, (de), 2022-01-24
Enable/disable developer options, heise.de, (de), 2022-02-14
Windows: How to password protect ZIP files and folders on PC, nordvpn.com, (en), 2022-03-30
Data protection only available with alternative Android, golem.de, (de), 2022-04-25
Authorities ask who owns a phone number every second, netzpolitik.org, (de), 2022-06-21
Tip: How to lock Face ID and Touch ID within 2 seconds, macerkopf.de, (de), 2022-06-29
Spam: e-mail junk on the Internet, verbraucherzentrale.de, (de), 2022-12-19
Windows: How to encrypt a USB flash drive—and why you should, microsoft.com, (en), 2022-12-29
Google pays billions for Chrome on iOS, onlinehaendler-news.de, (de), 2023-02-21
Police are prosecuting abortion seekers using their digital data — and Facebook and Google help them do it, businessinsider.com, (en), 2023-03-05
Police may take fingerprints to unlock cell phones, netzpolitik.org, (de), 2023-03-10
Stealth: FBI warns against using public cell phone charging stations, tarnkappe.info, (de), 2023-04-12
Stealth: Criminals sell malware injected into the Google Play Store, tarnkappe.info, (de), 2023-04-12
Do you really need a VPN?, kuketz-blog, (de), 2023-04-19
How to suppress a phone number, chip.de, (de), 2023-05-03
Company creates scoring profiles of half of all cell phone users worldwide, netzpolitik.org, (de), 2023-06-27
Deportation of tolerated persons: Berlin continues to search cell phones, netzpolitik.org, (de), 2023-06-28
How to use Android's lockdown mode (and why), zdnet.com, (en), 2023-06-29
The adtech industry tracks most of what you do on the Internet. This file shows just how much., netzpolitik.org, (de), 2023-07-06
BAMF to read out asylum seekers' cloud storage, netzpolitik.org, (de), 2023-08-04
Bluetooth spam now also works via Android app, golem.de, (de), 2023-09-01
Russian journalist in exile hacked with Pegasus, netzpolitik.org, (de), 2023-09-14
Stealth: Mobile phone providers once again illegally passed on data to Schufa, tarnkappe.info, (de), 2023-09-16
Internet without passwords: What you need to know about passkeys now, t3n.de, (de), 2023-10-19
Researchers: Security gaps in roaming remain a major threat even with 5G, heise.de, (de), 2023-10-27
Confiscated smartphones: an encroachment on fundamental rights of unknown proportions, netzpolitik.org, (de), 2023-10-30
Private as hell: iPhones revealed physical MAC address, heise.de, (de), 2023-10-30
Online advertising as a "serious security risk", netzpolitik.org, (de), 2023-11-19
BLUFFS: New attacks jeopardize Bluetooth data security on billions of devices, heise.de, (de), 2023-11-30
11 Decentralized, P2P and Open Source Alternatives to Mainstream Social Media Platforms Like Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and Reddit, itsfoss.com, (en), 2023-12-04
Authorities ask Apple and Google about users of messenger apps, netzpolitik.org, (de), 2023-12-06
Remedy against government surveillance through push messages, kuketz-blog.de, (de), 2023-12-07
Authorities spy on users via push notifications, golem.de, (de), 2023-12-07
Apple beats the drum for end-to-end encryption of cloud data, heise.de, (de), 2023-12-07
Attackers can disconnect 714 smartphone models from the 5G network, golem.de, (de), 2023-12-09
Black Hat Europe 2023: New "AutoSpill" attack on Android password manager, heise.de, (de), 2023-12-10
Bluetooth gap: Keystrokes can be injected into Android, Linux, iOS and macOS, heise.de, (de), 2023-12-11
Apple guidelines: Court order for push data mandatory!, tarnkappe.info, (de), 2023-12-13
Transparent refugees - Changing lives for the worse with computers, media.ccc.de, (de), 2023-12-29
Emergency call 112: Android can send more data to control center in an emergency, heise.de, (de), 2023-12-31
Uproar over alleged backdoor in Apple chips for iPhones and Macs, derstandard.de, (de), 2024-01-07
Federal Network Agency shuts down pseudonymous mobile connections, netzpolitik.org, (de), 2024-01-08
Basic assumption disproved: AI finds patterns in a person's fingerprints, heise.de, (de), 2024-01-11
Security risk: This is how easy it is to secretly track cell phone users, heise.de, (de), 2024-01-12
State Trojans threaten fundamental rights in the EU, netzpolitik.org, (de), 2024-01-18
Whatsapp lets other users access device information, golem.de, (de), 2024-01-18
Pegasus infections in Togo revealed for the first time, netzpolitik.org, (de), 2024-01-23
Fake tweet to release Bitcoin ETFs: SEC victim of SIM swapping, heise.de, (de), 2024-01-23
Prominent iOS apps secretly spy on device data, golem.de, (de), 2024-01-24
Bluetooth too insecure: US Navy seeks alternative, heise.de, (de), 2024-01-26
Personalized surveillance instead of advertising: Mobile phone data analyzed and sold, heise.de, (de), 2024-01-26
Saxony-Anhalt - Police search a smartphone every 3.5 hours, netzpolitik.org, (de), 2024-02-12
Smartphone traps: Protection from subscription traps with third-party provider blocking, mimikama.org, (de), 2024-02-19
Researchers generate fingerprints from wiping noises, golem.de, (de), 2024-02-21
Signal will soon allow you to hide your phone number, netzpolitik.org, (de), 2024-02-21
Mailbox.org: Unlawful official requests for information have risen sharply, heise.de, (de), 2024-02-27
The spy from the advertising banner, golem.de, (de), 2024-03-18
Data protection authorities allow nationwide emergency call tracking, heise.de, (de), 2024-03-20
USA: Police want data on everyone who has watched certain YouTube videos, heise.de, (de), 2024-03-25
Telegram’s peer-to-peer SMS login service is a privacy nightmare, techcrunch.com, (en), 2024-03-26
Malicious Apps Caught Secretly Turning Android Phones into Proxies for Cybercriminals, thehackernews.com, (en), 2024-04-01
Surveillance now completely secret, nd-aktuell.de, (de), 2024-04-02
Google Warns: Android Zero-Day Flaws in Pixel Phones Exploited by Forensic Companies, thehackernews.com, (en), 2024-04-03
Silent SMS & Co.: Government declares secret surveillance completely secret, heise.de, (de), 2024-04-03
US court approves forced fingerprint to unlock smartphone, heise.de, (de), 2024-04-19
Verified start, android.com, (de), 2024-04-29
Get rid of Google apps and other bloatware with the "Universal Android Debloater Next Generation", gnulinux.ch, (de), 2024-04-30
Hundreds of thousands of euros to crack refugees' cell phones, netzpolitik.org, (de), 2024-05-24
When secret services obtain sensitive data from smartphone apps, netzpolitik.org, (de), 2024-05-29
Android malware: 90 apps with 5.5 million installations discovered, heise.de, (de), 2024-05-30
Journalists critical of Putin in the EU attacked with Pegasus spyware, heise.de, (de), 2024-05-30
Two-factor authentication please, but not via SMS, heise.de, (de), 2024-07-11
Quishing scam: e-car charging stations conceal fake QR codes, tarnkappe.info, (de), 2024-08-02
Cell phone ban: Dutch ministers would have to hand in devices in the future, heise.de, (de), 2024-08-23
Stealth: QR code phishing: danger from fake bank letters, tarnkappe.info, (de), 2024-08-24
New Android Malware NGate Steals NFC Data to Clone Contactless Payment Cards, thehackernews.com, (en), 2024-08-26
ATM rip-off: How fraudsters want to take money out of Android users' pockets, t3n.de, (de), 2024-08-27
How secure passwords work, netzpolitik.org, (de), 2024-08-28
Regensburg Regional Court: Radio cell searches also permitted for minor offenses, tarnkappe.info, (de), 2024-09-24
Stealth: Smart TVs from LG & Samsung transmit screenshots to their own servers, tarnkappe.info, (de), 2024-09-25
WhatsApp? No, thank you., netzpolitik.org, (de), 2024-10-01
Smartphone access allowed even for minor offenses, tagesschau.de, (de), 2024-10-04
Telegram: Not suitable for confidential chats, nd-aktuell.de, (de), 2024-10-07
Telegram delivers data to investigators, tagesschau.de, (de), 2024-10-08
Why your smart TV is secretly taking screenshots and how to protect yourself against it, t3n.de, (de), 2024-10-15
The disturbingly easy mass surveillance with location data, netzpolitik.org, (de), 2024-10-24
7 essential password rules to follow in 2024, according to security experts, zdnet.com, (en), 2024-10-25
Stealth: Smartphone security in 2024: experts advise a weekly reboot, tarnkappe.info, (de), 2024-10-28
Investigators to gain easier access to cloud data, heise.de, (de), 2024-10-29
Stalkerware: protection against surveillance is possible, mobilsicher.de, (de), 2024-11-24
Pilot project: Police use AML for more precise location of emergency calls, heise.de, (de), 2024-11-28
Alternative search engines, digitalcourage.de, (de), 2024-11-28
Missing Link: Border security USA made in Germany, heise.de, (de), 2024-12-01
How the Serbian government spies on civil society, netzpolitik.org, (de), 2024-12-16
Volkswagen movement profiles of 800,000 electric cars revealed, golem.de, (de), 2024-12-27
Why a secret password for the family will be important in future - and what you should look out for, t3n.de, (de), 2024-12-30
"Single sign-on": risk with apps and websites, verbraucherzentrale.de, (de), 2024-12-30
Courts may use FBI cryptochats, spiegel.de, (de), 2025-01-09
Seven ways to protect your location from data brokers, netzpolitik.org, (de), 2025-01-15
How to stop spy apps, netzpolitik.org, (de), 2025-01-27
SparkCat: Trojan hijacks crypto wallets, tarnkappe.info, (de), 2025-02-05