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I am kind of new to all these privacy things. So what do you exactly mean by getting rid of this problem? I have DNS which blocks these connections but phone is still making them. How can I make the phone stop doing that?
Ubuntu Touch is just a linux distro for your phone. I actually haven't used it yet, but according to their website, the Fairphone 4 has really good support. So I might try it.
Ah, I didn't manage to recollect your mention of NextDNS in your post. There's no need to change anything regarding your DNS settings in such a case; it won't take much of your battery.
Here's a related discussion on the /e/OS forum: https://community.e.foundation/t/qualcomm-chipsets-data-collection-linked-to-the-a-gps-service-in-e-os/48982. Note that the domain mentioned in the discussion is
izatcloud.net
, however, for your purposes you can consider it the same as the domains you're seeing.You might want to try option 1 and check. Please revert back to this comment after attempting to do so, so that others can benefit from this idea.
And here's the Wikipedia article on what is it that the Qualcomm chip is trying to gather: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assisted_GNSS
Thx for very detailed reply. I was trying to do the option 1, but I couldnt find how to do that. I am guesing that because dns is blocking the requests they dont show in the app. That would mean the app and dns are doing the same thing, so it doesnt really help.
I might just allow them, because I need the gps to work properly.
I don't have experience with e/OS/, I can only really say what I gather from their documentation.
Note that:
Link to discussion: https://community.e.foundation/t/advance-privacy-fake-location-with-location-turned-off/50052
I would suggest utilising the Fake my location toggle for when you would not like apps to access your location, however, I am not sure if it will work against requests from low-level firmware such as directly from a Qualcomm chip. That's a question for the developers.
Another point that is mentioned in this post is the fact that tracker detection and blocking (which is now native to e/OS/) can't work with DoT providers like NextDNS. Indeed, the app and the DNS filters you're using with your DNS provider attempt to do the same thing here.
I use location only for/with Organic Maps, otherwise it is turned off, so using fake location seems pointless.
It looks like if I want to use gps without problems I have to allow these connections. Or switch to pixel and GrapheneOS. Other chip makers like mediatek, samsung probably have something similar, so that isnt option either. I just got this FP4 and I like it alot, so I guess I'm stuck with qualcomm getting some telemetry.
Thank you very much for your help.
Just a heads up - Been following UT for some time and the major for me is that there is currently no VolTe support. Major bummer for US folks. There's workarounds, at least for pixel3a but its not 100% reliable.
Also SMS / MMS can be troublesome as well. Can't download images while on WiFi??? Group MMS doesn't work.
Great system, works well but I can't make it my daily driver