android

the other white meat

These free Android apps will help you secure your device:
 avast!
 AVG Mobilation Anti-Virus Free
 Lookout Mobile Security
 Norton Mobile Security Lite
 NQ Mobile Security

Towards the goal of making our Android devices more secure, here are a few basic tips:
 - Enable Lock Screens: Settings, Security. Enable Face Unlock, Pattern, PIN, & Password
 - Disable USB Debugging: Settings, USB debugging
 - Enable Full Disk Encryption: Settings, Security
 - Maintain Device Up-To-Date

Here’s how to turn off NFC (near field communication). Need to erase and reset your Android phone?

I built these Android apps using the cloud-based version of PhoneGap. (You can only have one installed at a time.)

Eventually I’ll install the full version of PhoneGap and make “real” Android apps. Meanwhile these work just fine. Sometimes quick’n’dirty is the straightest line between two points.

Fortune Cookie random fortune cookies are displayed. I wrote the fortunes myself and the app has a little Easter egg too.

Taking Refuge given that I’m a Buddhist, is it any surprise that I wrote a phone app about Taking Refuge? No, it isn’t.

Electronic Frontier Foundation  •  MobileActive.org