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.
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?
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
You can’t run a VPN and NetGuard at the same time.
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It does. And exactly that is the problem. Because NetGuard is already set as your VPN, you can’t use another VPN app.
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?
Yes this link has RethinkDNS app am I better of using that app always?
At this point I think the best thing for you to do is just read all of privacy guides. I cannot give you advice
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.
Are there any other good free VPN other then proton VPN?
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.
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This is about free VPNs.
