So i am following anarsec's guide to setting up my gOS pixel7pro. I love it and am so happy i finally switched. If any of you are familiar with anarsec's guide, its a little too hardcore of a threat model for me. I just want privacy and control over my information and my apps that use my info and what they do with it.
Here is the link to the guide: It is amazing.
https://www.anarsec.guide/posts/grapheneos/
^ that is the guide i am talking about. I am doing everything to a t except for the no sim card because my threat model is no way close to being an anarchist or cause harm.
So i have my owner profile where i am installing all the apps i want to use on my google account. Then i have my profile which is default privacy profile. So anything that doesnt require google services goes in there. Essentially all gOS stock apps with molly and a couple others that are open source.
So my real question is that on my google profile which is the 3rd profile and has all apps that require google services.
So if i want to install gemini or any other ai app to utilize for making day to day life easier. Will any of these apps that require google play, like gemini, banking apps, etc etc.
I guess my question is to the gOS developers if they can elaborate on using a google profile and utilizing all the cool apps that require google services.
Since that profile is my 3rd profile, So i have owner, where it is basically empty if i did it correctly from anarsecs guide.
I keep my phone on airplane mode whenever i am near a secure wifi to use. Does turning on airplane mode have benefits to not doing that and connecting to wifi? It just give me peace of mind.
Sorry i am rambling but i guess my question is using and having this google profile with all the apps/ai/banking/health, etc. WIll that profile jeopardize my privacy online? Or is it all depenedant on what permissions i allow the apps. I know that google made me download the google app to be able to use gemini, i guess i am hoping that some other gOS users have examples of how they do what anarsec's guide says to use but with less threat model, im just a normal guy who like privacy and wants to use gOS correctly. Hopefully some of this made sense to yall.