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Installed GrapheneOS for the first time (midwest.social)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I have not any prior experience with installing custom ROMs, but after trying it out (and getting stuck, and googling and finding answers) I successfully did it. Below is my home screen if anybody is curious:

I use OpenBoard for my keyboard. Unfortunately I am still dependent on Play Store since some of the apps I need can only be found there. Sometimes it feels meaningless committing to this whole thing because I'm not perfectly private; then I think this is better than using a regular iPhone or Android phone.

So far I'm liking it. I am naturally inclined to feel hesitant about using this as my main phone and plugging in a SIM since it's custom, but I'm slowly making the transition.

Feel free to share any beginners advice or your own experience using GOS for the first time. Cheers!

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 months ago (12 children)

Don't forget to change your DNS provider to something such as NextDNS for added benefits

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (11 children)

Does it have any benefits over just running pihole, other than reliability?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago (7 children)

You aren't always home, therefore when you aren't home it's useful.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

You can still use PiHole as your DNS when not home if you setup a VPN. For me that was the route I went.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

or you can allow public authenticated access to dns over https... (just don't expose the raw udp dns server, it's a really bad idea)
(not sure if DoT can also support auth, but if it does that's great because android supports dot natively)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I know I don't want to open up any more ports than I have to, but you're right, that does sound like another alternative to setting up VPN.

Since I access more than just my pihole when connected to my home network. And because I want access to my home services, and don't want to open up access to the public, opening one port and connecting to VPN is the way to do it. I have one port opened up for my VPN, and in order to connect you have to have my IP or my domain pointed at the IP, and you have to have a Wireguard profile setup, and know what port is open. So that does help a tad bit with my security concerns.

Edit: how would I go about that if I felt so inclined? Any tips?

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