https://2722--glowing-salamander-8d7127.netlify.app/en/android/distributions/#grapheneos GrapheneOS provides the option to switch back to connecting to Google’s servers for many of these background connections if you prefer, but it is far more robust/foolproof to use a trusted VPN and enable Andro…

[image] anon48875053: Doing one while not doing the other is pointless. I can make the wording clearer to emphasize this. Thanks for pointing it out. [image] anon48875053: The killswitch part is also redundant when it comes to GrapheneOS because it’s enabled by default Yes, it is enab…

One more thing is that GrapheneOS enables Always-on VPN and Block connections without VPN by default. So the user doesn’t really have to enable or do anything.

[image] anon48875053: one needs to also change connectivity checks to Google if they want to hide the fact that they’re using GrapheneOS [image] anon48875053: Always-on VPN and Block connections without VPN by default. So the user doesn’t really have to enable or do anything I opened a…

You need to use a VPN and switch the connectivity checks to Standard (Google) if you want to hide the fact that you’re using GrapheneOS. Doing one while not doing the other is pointless. The killswitch part is also redundant when it comes to GrapheneOS because it’s enabled by default, like I said i…

You could change the wording to “blend in with billions of other Android devices," but that’s up to you. To me, “larger pool” sounds like there are multiple pools, which isn’t really the case, I can only think of two.

One more thing is that if one chooses to switch from GrapheneOS to Standard (Google), then they will make other people who are using the GrapheneOS option stand out more, so unless one needs to hide the fact that they’re using GrapheneOS, they should keep using GrapheneOS servers to help create a bi…

One other option on Graphene (not sure if its android or Graphene specific) is to disble connectivity checks entirely. I did that a few months ago and haven’t had any issues, i get notified by my DNS or VPN when they can’t connect.

You will still stand out because only GrapheneOS offers such option. Disabling connectivity checks also introduces some breakage.

I mean, anything other than Google will stand out so yeah. Just mentioning option 3 exists. As to breakages it can cause, do you have a link to somewhere I could read about those? I haven’t had any issues myself and would be interested in reading more on it.

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I opened a PR to incorporate the feedback you provided in this thread:

Please let me know if any wording should be changed.

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