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AOSP is not a deviation from the norm. It's the thing Google ships, vendors install play services as separate apps on top, so there is nothing oddball about you
by greentea23 3y ago
AOSP is not a deviation from the norm. It's the thing Google ships, vendors install play services as separate apps on top, so there is nothing oddball about your device fingerprint just by not installing Google specific services like the push handler. Your traffic will look like any other android making web requests, but then those requests will only be tracked by the servers they target instead of the OS itself betraying you and sharing metadata about them with various 3rd parties. Running non-vendor ROM alone will not get you "on a list".
"Custom" ROMs also get OTA updates, so keeping up to date is as easy as it is on a vendor spyware ROM. In fact, you will usually get updates from the community well beyond when vendors stop support.
- forward1 3y ago> NSA: Linux Journal is an "extremist forum" and its readers get flagged for extra surveillance https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/nsa-linux-journal-extremist-forum-and-its-readers-get-flagged-extra-surveillance https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/nsa-linux-journal-extre... But they totally can't figure out you use a custom OS built to resist surveillance. Go figure!
- greentea23 3y agoBut that's tracking your web requests to search engine servers. The way those requests look is dependent on your browser, not which ROM you are running. You can setup your user agent to be whatever you'd like at least on android or desktop browser.