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Really simple to use privacy manager for Android 6.0 Marshmallow and later

21 mentions on Hacker News by 17 people: 1 story, 20 comments · first 2018-03-06 · latest 2025-03-30

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  1. …there's also the closed-source AppOps[3], but I've never used it. [1]: https://lsposed.org [2]: https://github.com/M66B/XPrivacyLua / https://github.com/0bbedCode/XPL-EX [3]: https://appops.rikka.app
    comment by Tmpod · 2025-03-30 · in Everyone knows all the apps on your phone
  2. …should totally be an option! This could be achieved with something like Xposed, a cool project is https://github.com/M66B/XPrivacyLua . I actually made a "clone" with the option to generate data per permission as a school project, good…
    comment by memeMaker · 2023-07-08 · in When an app asks for permissions, it should have a “feed fake data” option
  3. …Haven't tried this one though and I have no idea if it even runs on newer versions of Android. [0] https://github.com/M66B/XPrivacyLua [1] https://secure-system.gitlab.io/Insular/
    comment by pongo1231 · 2022-11-15 · in “When we all have pocket telephones”
  4. XPrivacyLua has the ability to feed fake data to apps. https://github.com/M66B/XPrivacyLua Requires rooted Android + Xposed though.
    comment by pongo1231 · 2022-08-15 · in Mexican Loan Apps, Extortion, and the Google Play Store
  5. …and other such info. Seems to be able to fake the contacts, too, but afaiu requires a rooted phone: https://github.com/M66B/XPrivacyLua
    comment by aasasd · 2022-04-22 · in Ask HN: People who use different emails everywhere, who sold you to spammers?
  6. It's still possible to use XPrivacyLua ( https://github.com/M66B/XPrivacyLua ) with passing SafetyNet. It's a cat-and-mouse game, but the community is still ahead. You can achieve this with latest Magisk (v24+,…
    comment by Xeanort · 2022-02-02 · in Google Maps now requires WiFi scanning to use navigation
  7. https://github.com/M66B/XPrivacyLua I haven't kept up with it, it needs a rooted phone and Xposed Framework, and some apps don't like that and stop working. But in an older version of this app, you can set it to prompt you for any activity…
    comment by bellyfullofbac · 2021-12-01 · in Fisher Price Chatter Telephone with Bluetooth
  8. ... and M66B developed XPrivacyLua: https://github.com/M66B/XPrivacyLua it spoofs and restricts Android API calls made by apps.
    comment by _e · 2021-03-08 · in FairEmail: Open-source, privacy friendly email app for Android
  9. I use XPrivacyLua. It provides what you are asking privacy wise on android. https://github.com/M66B/XPrivacyLua
    comment by birksherty · 2020-09-14 · in Your Phone Is Your Castle
  10. …rule, don't use applications like tiktok, fb,.. if your phone is not rooted, with xprivacylua ( https://github.com/M66B/XPrivacyLua , for added kicks https://github.com/M66B/NetGuard ) installed and you have basic understanding what you…
    comment by stiray · 2019-12-07 · in Privacy analysis of Tiktok’s app and website
  11. …approach, but they require the Xposed framework to run. I wish this approach would be more common: https://github.com/M66B/XPrivacyLua/blob/master/README.md
    comment by wortelefant · 2019-10-01 · in The Fantasy of Opting Out
  12. …(no root needed) and block them. I am also using XPrivacy Lua (you need rooted phone) https://github.com/M66B/XPrivacyLua to give applications fake details like android id, gps coordinates, contacts etc. For a nice addition, uninstall all…
    comment by stiray · 2019-08-26 · in How Facebook Tracks You on Android (2018) [video]
  13. …to build something as close as possible to uMatrix/uBlockOrigin but without requiring root. --- [0] https://github.com/M66B/XPrivacyLua/blob/master/README.md [1] https://github.com/M66B/NetGuard [2] https://github.com/blokadaorg/blokada…
    comment by ignoramous · 2019-07-30 · in Browser extensions are underrated: the promise of hackable software
  14. …it access a dummy, empty folder to read from That's what Xposed XPrivacyLua plugin does exactly. https://github.com/M66B/XPrivacyLua
    comment by snaky · 2019-07-18 · in FaceApp Now Owns Access to More Than 150M People's Faces and Names
  15. …imo (without having to root/install Xposed etc). But for the power users out there, worth it. [0]: https://github.com/M66B/XPrivacyLua
    comment by trishmapow2 · 2019-01-16 · in The curious case of the Raspberry Pi in the network closet
  16. …apps don't crash or complain. [0]: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3034811 [1]: https://github.com/M66B/XPrivacyLua
    comment by trishmapow2 · 2018-12-30 · in How Facebook tracks you on Android [video]
  17. …device there is xposed with xprivacy https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3034811 https://github.com/M66B/XPrivacyLua
    comment by waldfee · 2018-06-20 · in Verizon, AT&T and Sprint to Limit Sales of Cellphone Location Data
  18. XPrivacyLua is the successor of XPrivacy. https://github.com/M66B/XPrivacyLua
    comment by birksherty · 2018-05-09 · in Android P
  19. …http://repo.xposed.info/ https://www.xda-developers.com/ https://www.netguard.me/ https://github.com/M66B/XPrivacyLua
    comment by _o_ · 2018-05-04 · in De-Googling my phone
  20. already exists for android: https://github.com/M66B/XPrivacyLua
    comment by gruez · 2018-03-06 · in MoviePass CEO says the app tracks your location before and after movies