Tin foil hat detected

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Devs: Use vanadium for privacy to blend with other chrome users
Me wearing tin foil hat: OK
Updates vanadium to version 116
checks chrome in play store
chrome version 115
I feel exposed,

Sometimes choosing between privacy and security is very difficult

Lukas

[deleted] That's a good thing. Vanadium is more up-to-date than Chrome.

treequell

[deleted] Google Play Store stages rollout of app updates, so that could be the reason in this case.

But yes, there are ways that websites can work out you're using Vanadium and not Chrome. You'll fool some websites, but not all. I believe the GrapheneOS development team are working on more ways for Vanadium to "appear" even more like Chrome.

GrapheneOS

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Devs: Use vanadium for privacy to blend with other chrome users

If you want to blend in with Chrome users, you need to use Chrome.

checks chrome in play store

Chrome version 116.0.5845.92 is rolled out to 50% of users on Android. Version 115.0.5790.168 is rolled out to the other 50% of users. You're missing that they used staged rollouts, as do many other apps on the Play Store. You can see the current rollout status at https://chromiumdash.appspot.com/releases?platform=Android for Android and also for other platforms on the other pages there.

Blastoidea

Choosing between privacy and security may depend on who is after you, and why.

dgzeij

"Hide in plain sight."

"They can't see you if they first smell you."