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Pixel 8A and Grapheneos (lemm.ee)

submitted 5 months ago by Koolaid33@lemm.ee to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Hello guys. I recently acquired a Pixel 8A and it was Google stock os I bought it from a man locally all with cash I brought It home and I flashed grapheneos onto this phone.

What else needs to be done to anonymous this phone and make it a privacy phone and a spy free phone no tracking phone no interception phone and no monitored phone.

Any advice welcome!

Thanks.

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[–] Koolaid33@lemm.ee 2 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Shall I run netguard 24/7 Always in this phone? Will that help? Is the default netguard enough or must I use a hosts file imported into netguard to?

[–] Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

You don't need NetGuard. GrapheneOS has a built in, more reliable firewall. You can access it by going to the settings -> privacy -> permission manager and selecting Network. Also, you can't use a VPN when using NetGuard, so I recommend dropping NetGuard and using a VPN, as well as the built-in firewall instead.

[–] Koolaid33@lemm.ee 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Are there any other good free VPN other then proton VPN?

[–] Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Check out Calyx VPN and Riseup VPN. They are run by voluntary, non-profit organizations. If you need maximum security, consider routing your traffic through Tor, using the Orbot app (it's not in the main F-Droid repo, you need to add the Guardian Project repo). There's also Windscribe VPN, but it has limited bandwidth.

[–] jet@hackertalks.com 1 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Again. It's down to what your threat model is

Running a VPN, and a firewall, protect you from some threats but not all threats

[–] Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

You can't run a VPN and NetGuard at the same time.

[–] Koolaid33@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

What is best host file to use? Hagezi is fine? With just always on VPN switch on Netguard without block connections switch. Is this a good setup to use always?

[–] jet@hackertalks.com 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

https://www.privacyguides.org/en/dns/

[–] Koolaid33@lemm.ee 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Yes this link has RethinkDNS app am I better of using that app always?

[–] jet@hackertalks.com 4 points 5 months ago

At this point I think the best thing for you to do is just read all of privacy guides. I cannot give you advice