Hello, I have a Pixel 8A GrapheneOs phone. I Want to make this a Safe phone. A privacy friendly phone. Basically I want to strip any/all tracking features of this phone, whilst making it hard against any adversaries to monitor me/track me, or watch my phone or its activities.
Not doing anything wrong, just want to know what are my best moves with this phone.
What VPN should I use on this phone?
The threat actor is mostly local feds, and doing what’s necessary to stop them getting grips of surveillance.
Thank you.
Is it OK if I buy ivpn with my real debit card my real name / PayPal?
Under private DNS in my phone settings ,
There is an off, automatic, private DNS provider hostname
What should I Set this to if I’m using ivpn?
Plus, my Pixel 8A GrapheneOS Phone has sandboxed Google play services, and I only have one profile on this phone (owner)
Is all this fine and okay?
If you’re concerned about the purchase being linked to your identity, no, use cash or anonymous methods like Monero or other currencies not linked to your identity.
Otherwise is this setup fine? And what do u recommend for the DNS thing?
I use mullvad VPN and RethinkDNS app to control my DNS queries. You just need to export a wireguard file to the app. I reccomend you to pay using a crypto coin if possible, less data left behind to identify you.
You can also pay with cash for Mullvad, although I’m not sure if that’s less anonymous than crypto.
It’s a good option too, it just takes longer to activate and start using
You import mullvad VPN to rethink yes?
exactly
Mullvad has content and tracking blocking at dns level builtin (enabled in settings). Having it always on you don’t need to use private dns. If you use other profiles then set the private dns to one of mullvads. On my grapheneos install I use google play services only on another profiles then owner and have apps that require it only in those profiles.
Check out this video.