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What's your favourite free Android app?

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    • Signal signal.org↗ - Free, open source, completely end-to-end encrypted messaging that lead by a non-profit.
    • Shelter f-droid.org↗ - Use Android's built-in "Work Profile" feature to install or clone apps into an isolated space.
    • Simplex f-droid.org↗ - Like Signal but for the more paranoid. Not as good from a UX perspective so I can't recommend it to everyone, but definitely just as good if privacy/security is your ultimate requirement.

    • how does shelter differ from insular - assuming you know. I just haven't seen that one and am curious

      (https://f-droid.org/packages/com.oasisfeng.island.fdroid/)

      • Island vs Shelter vs Insular

        https://secure-system.gitlab.io/Insular/faq.html

        Island Shelter Insular (based on Island)
        Isolated profile to install Big Brother apps Yes Yes Yes
        No proprietary code/components (GMS, Crashlytics, etc) No Yes Yes
        No Internet access No Yes Yes
        Good internationalization No Yes No
        Option to prohibit ADB access Yes No Yes
        Auto freeze Yes (with proprietary Greenify) Yes No
        Freeze main space apps Yes No Yes
        Block Contacts Searching No Yes No
        Image Chooser as Fake Camera Yes, with SAF Enhancer Lite Yes Yes, with SAF Enhancer Lite
        License Apache License 2.0 GNU General Public License v3.0 Apache License 2.0

        • awesome, thank you... i'll have to read into this more!

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