add more info on configuration available to apps
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details, so you can stop reading here if you only want an overview and actionable
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advice (i.e. use profiles as identities not inherently tied to each other).</p>
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<p>Examples of the global OS configuration available to apps are configured
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locale, time zone, network country code, whether the dark theme is enabled and
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other similar global settings. Similar to extension and browser configuration
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/ state being fingerprinted by web sites, an app could use a combination of
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these things in an attempt to identify the installation. All of these things
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vary at runtime and can be changed, but some are fairly unlikely to change in
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practice after the initial setup of the device such as the ones listed above.
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GrapheneOS will likely add further restrictions in this area and a couple
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toggles for certain cases like time zones to use a standard value instead.</p>
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<p>Apps can generate their own 128-bit or larger random value and use that as an
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identifier for the app installation. Apps can create data in their app-specific
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external storage directory by default without needing permission, and in the legacy
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