something about yourself
This is so we can share how we do our setups and see what the rest of the community is doing.
The survey was made using LimeSurvey and your answers are anonymous.
Thanks to @233328 for helping with the questions!
Here is the link: https://gos-survey.limesurvey.net/949276?lang=en
Hi All... I found this post very interesting and wanted to make it more obvious for others to find. Thanks to @233328 for linking it inside another post!
LINK:
https://cascade.weblog.lol/how-to-create-and-use-a-google-account-anonymously-on-grapheneos
Regards
VAULT
In addition to what was mentioned by @233328 - can you please confirm for us that you've installed these apps through Play Store and not something else like Aurora Store? That is because for the unattended update API to work, Play Store needs to be the installer of record, which means you either have to install the apps through Play Store, or at least manually update them once so that the last app to update them is the Play Store.
Thank you for the reply @233328
233328 It doesn't. You can revoke the Sensors permission for all three of the Google apps (Play Services, Play Store and Services Framework) safely.
Edit for clarity: the notification permission isn't required either, it just might be useful, for example in the case that you use the Play Store for updates. Either way it's not a sensitive permission.
My Google Play services has 'Network', Google Play Store has 'Network' and 'Notifications', and Google Services Framework again has 'Network' access.
233328 Something else you might want to check: go into Settings > Apps > Special app access > Wi-Fi control > Disable it for Google apps and any other app you don't fully trust, if you haven't already done so. It's automatically granted to apps that request it since it isn't considered to be a dangerous permission but it's still sensitive and isn't necessary at all in many cases.
Thanks for the tip, I disabled for the three Google apps. I also revoked for one of my bank apps, not sure it would need that access. Currently F-Droid, Proton VPN and Signal all have Wi-Fi control allowed.
