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# Remove google-dependencies
As Android / LineageOS is a google software, there are some sentinels deeply baked in the system.
Here we will remove them.
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## 1. DNS
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Not every server name should be resolved by google:
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1. Navigate to Settings - Network and Internet - Advanced - Private DNS
2. Enter new DNS: `dns3.digitalcourage.de`
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## 2. google captive Portal
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The question whether you are connected to the internet should not be googles decision:
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1. Replace google captive portal check with [Kuketz ](https://www.kuketz-blog.de/android-captive-portal-check-204-http-antwort-von-captiveportal-kuketz-de/ ). Therefore, connect your Fairphone to your computer and execute following adb commands:
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```
adb shell 'settings put global captive_portal_http_url "http://captiveportal.kuketz.de"'
adb shell 'settings put global captive_portal_https_url "https://captiveportal.kuketz.de"'
adb shell 'settings put global captive_portal_fallback_url "http://captiveportal.kuketz.de"'
adb shell 'settings put global captive_portal_other_fallback_urls "http://captiveportal.kuketz.de"'
```
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In order to test if the settings were correctly adopted, type in your terminal:
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`adb shell 'settings get global captive_portal_https_url'`
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## 3. google print service
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Did you ever use the google print-service? If not, let's switch it off:
1. Switch off Print Service (Settings - Connected devices - Connection preferences - Printing).
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## 4. Phone number lookup
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LineageOS uses an online look up for the entered number, but that is not their business.
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1. Switch of the forward lookup, the people lookup and the reverse lookup (Telephone-App - three points in the search field - Settings - phone number lookup).
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## 6. Alternative Browser
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Do not trust googles Browser
1. Open Fdroid to install a Browser. We use Fennec.
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2. Open Fennec and install "privacy badger" & mBlockOrigin as add-on.
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3. Drag your Fennec-App-Symbol to the browser location (at the bottom of your screen) & remove chromium
4. Set Fennec as you standard browser.
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## 7. Location Tracking
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Nobody should track your location:
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1. Check Privacy Settings and GPS (especially browser-settings for Fennec).
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## 8. Browser search suggestions
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Not every stroke on your keyboard has to be sent to the search engine, especially not to google.
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1. Choose another search engine e.g. startpage or duckduckgo (Browser - Settings - Search)
1. Switch off the search suggestions (Browser - Settings - Search - Show search suggestions)
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## 9. Deny net access for untrusted apps
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If you have to use less trustworthy apps, a firewall is very usefull. We use NetGuard.
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1. FDroid -> search for NetGuard -> install.
