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# Smartphone Security Course (Lesson 1: Beginners)
- URL: https://www.privacyguides.org/videos/2026/02/04/smartphone-security-course-lesson-1-beginners-2/
- Published: 2026-02-04T23:15:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-02-16T23:15:59.000Z
- Description: In this three-part course, we walk users through the steps they can take to make their phones as private and secure as possible.
- Author: Nate Bartram
- Tags: Videos, Course: Android Privacy & Security, Course: iPhone Privacy & Security

## Course Introduction

For many people, smartphones are some of the most intimate peeks into our lives. They contain our messages, photos, schedules, catalogues of interests, financial information, and more. Therefore, we should treat our phones with the gravity they deserve by making them as private and secure as possible. In this three-part course, we walk users through the steps they can take to make their phones as private and secure as possible.

Part 1 begins with the easiest, user-friendliest steps such as removing the apps you rarely or never use, swapping out the ones you can with PWAs, and changing default settings to make your phone less “leaky.”

## Lesson 1 (Android)

#### Sources

0:06 <https://www.privacyguides.org/en/mobile-phones/#google-pixel>

0:13 <https://www.privacyguides.org/en/android/distributions/>

0:34 <https://www.youtube.com/live/pxlaUCJZ27E?si=L8WU%5FnrivLaQAjBY&t=3824>

1:11 <https://www.cloudflare.com/en-gb/learning/security/what-is-an-attack-surface/>

3:48 <https://9to5mac.com/2024/04/19/thumbprint-to-unlock-phone-kaw/>

4:36 <https://privacyguides.org>

## Lesson 1 (iPhone)

#### Sources

0:06 <https://www.privacyguides.org/en/mobile-phones/#google-pixel>

0:13 <https://www.privacyguides.org/en/android/distributions/>

0:29 <https://www.apple.com/app-store/>

0:43 <https://www.cloudflare.com/en-gb/learning/security/what-is-an-attack-surface/>

2:31 <https://www.icloud.com>

2:44 <https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/security/sec973254c5f/web>

3:36 <https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/06/14/opinion/bluetooth-wireless-tracking-privacy.html>

4:16 <https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/01/apple-agrees-to-pay-95m-delete-private-conversations-siri-recorded/>

4:34 <https://9to5mac.com/2024/04/19/thumbprint-to-unlock-phone-kaw/>

5:18 <https://www.ft.com/content/be6a99d2-22de-48ec-9afa-1d2e2f709afc>

5:21 <https://www.forbes.com/sites/danielnewman/2022/02/10/apple-meta-and-the-ten-billion-dollar-impact-of-privacy-changes/>

6:27 <https://privacyguides.org>

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