In the absence of privacy-focused ROMs for my tablet, I settled on flashing an AOSP GSI without Google apps. TrebleDroid to be specific, which is essentially vanilla AOSP, but with some additional drivers to maximize compatibility. Compared to privacy-focused ROMs like GrapheneOS, what exactly does AOSP send back to Google?

  • Nicro@discuss.tchncs.de
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    6 days ago

    Hey there, for starters A-GPS, stun, secure DNS, and several other preconfigured servers default to Google. Some of these can be changed with ADB. Check out a guide on de-googleing LineageOS for a more complete list. It’s not AOSP, but close enough. There are also Google servers configured in the sources. How valuable those connections are, depends on your threat-model. If you’d like a paranoid GSI, check out LeOS. It’s probably the most complete treble-compatible option. AOSP by default, isn’t very private.

  • merde alors@sh.itjust.works
    4·
    7 days ago

    When a vanilla GSI starts, up to 10 different Google servers are contacted and private data is transmitted. A vanilla GSI transmits several hundred megabytes of private data to Google every day.

    LeOS does not have these connections and data transfers.

    after @Nicro@discuss.tchncs.de

    LeOS sounds interesting indeed. Why isn’t it mentioned on privacy communities (unlike Graphene and Lineage) ?

    • monovergent 🛠️@lemmy.mlOP
      1·
      7 days ago

      That’s quite appalling. Might try out LeOS, also curious why it isn’t brought up more often. Perhaps because the color scheme screams “I paid for all 16’777’216 colors so I’m gonna use them all!”? Not a dealbreaker for me, but if you have used it, is there an option for less colorful icons?