Surfshark has a lot of read flags imo, my threat model doesn't require a VPN, but if I would have to choose one it would be probably Mullvad, IVPN or ProtonVPN
I would put WhatsApp in a Work Profile via e.g. Shelter. It's isolates it from the rest of device. I would also avoid putting PII on your profile like your full name, a photo as pfp, your bio, etc.
Apkpure isn he opposite of privacy respecting and resell u pirated apps ๐
Checkout Heliboard, it's a fork of the discontinued Openboard which fixes a lot of it's bugs and adds new features and improvements:
https://github.com/Helium314/HeliBoard
It's avaible on F-Droid and IzzyOnDroid
I think as more competition and choices we have, so better.
Why do you ask this in privacy community ๐
It's unrelated.
I think what you really need is threat modeling. It seems like you're currently trying to protect yourself against anything and everything. That's not necessarily wrong, but it stresses you out and overwhelms you. And it's ultimately not really beneficial either. I suggest reading the guide from PrivacyGuides.org and other resources. Ente and Proton also recently wrote a blog post about it.
In Germany there are laws in place which forbid filming or taking pictures of others without their consent. It's called the "Right to your own picture". There are exceptions, for example when you take a picture of a famous building with hundreds of people in front of it.
I think you haven't understood the difference between privacy, and total anonymity, do you?
I think it's not the services fault that people aren't aware of the limits of encrypted services. They are not going to shut everythin' down just for a few people, if you need smth anonymous Proton is not for you.
Also, it's your task to have good opsec. If you give your iCloud email to Proton which has personal information sticked to it, your fault.
Quantum Resistance and the Signal Protocol