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GrapheneOS (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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So i am installing GrapheneOS rn and i need help:

i want app tracking protection to every app something like duckduckgo's app tracking protection if there is something better?!
someone explain me (with simple words) what is auditor cause i can't understand even if i read about it on GrapheneOS' website (i am like 50% noob with these things)
is my wifi masked automatically with GrapheneOS or should i 100% use a vpn? is there a setting in the OS somewherere? i need a lot of privacy and security to my phone!!!

also tell me additional tips for privacy/security for GrapheneOS if u have any!

thanks a lot!

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

This "app tracking protection" is just a DNS filter. You can achieve the same by setting a filtered DNS resolver like base.dns.mullvad.net in the Private DNS options.

Auditor just verifies that your installation of GrapheneOS is real and unmodified, meaning it hasn't been tampered with by an attacker or corrupted in any other way.

I would recommend using a VPN. That's also why I prefer the DNS filter over something like app tracking protection, since it doesn't occupy your VPN slot. GrapheneOS only improves the actual Wi-Fi connection privacy (by randomizing your Wi-Fi MAC address), but it has nothing to do with the data transmission over the Wi-Fi network. That's what you need a VPN for. You can check out this comment about the Pros and Cons of VPNs, as well as the criteria for picking a good and trustworthy VPN provider: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/comment/15631872 Here's some more advice about VPNs: https://www.privacyguides.org/en/vpn/