Hiding IMEI/device identifiers from apps?

Toasty

Hey guys,
I am just wondering does GrapheneOS has the option to hide information such as IMEI from apps? Like I tried to find it in settings but it seems to not be present?
Thanks

Titan_M2

https://grapheneos.org/faq#hardware-identifiers

treequell

You can't see any option in Settings because the apps don't have access. It's not exclusively a GrapheneOS feature, but a standard AOSP one.

Titan_M2 https://grapheneos.org/faq#hardware-identifiers

As of Android 10, apps cannot obtain permission to access non-resettable hardware identifiers such as the serial number, MAC addresses, IMEIs/MEIDs, SIM card serial numbers and subscriber IDs. Only privileged apps included in the base system with READ_PRIVILEGED_PHONE_STATE whitelisted can access these hardware identifiers. Apps targeting Android 10 will receive a SecurityException and older apps will receive an empty value for compatibility.

GrapheneLover

Great to know about this, I had thought this was specific to Graphene only.

treequell

GrapheneLover Google Play Services is privileged on stock Android so there it does have access to hardware identifiers. That might have been the source of your misunderstanding.

Normal user-installed apps on stock Android do not.

On GrapheneOS, Google Play Services is sandboxed like any normal app, so it can't access hardware identifiers.

GrapheneLover

treequell Thanks for the clarification and its good to know.

Toasty

Thanks guys!