improve cellular tracking docs
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the network is not currently occurring, the network is still untrustworthy and
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information should not be sent unencrypted.</p>
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<p> Authenticated transport encryption such as HTTPS for web sites avoids trusting the
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<p>Authenticated transport encryption such as HTTPS for web sites avoids trusting the
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cellular network. End-to-end encrypted protocols such as the Signal messaging protocol
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also avoid trusting the servers. GrapheneOS uses authenticated encryption with modern
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protocols, forward secrecy and strong cipher configurations for our services. We only
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(unencrypted communications / data transfer) would be foolish and doomed to
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failure.</p>
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<p>GrapheneOS does not add gimmicks without a proper threat model and
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rationale. We won't include flawed heuristics to guess when the cellular
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network should be trusted. These kinds of features provide a false sense of
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security and encourage unwarranted trust in cellular protocols and carrier
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networks as the default. These also trigger false positives causing
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unnecessary concern and panic. The correct approach is avoiding trusting the
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network as explained above.</p>
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<p>Connecting to your carrier's network inherently depends on you identifying yourself to
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it and anyone able to obtain administrative access. Activating airplane mode will
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fully disable the cellular radio transmit and receive capabilities, which will prevent
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intended for attack surface reduction</a>. It should not be mistaken as a way to make
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the cellular network into something that can be trusted.</p>
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<p>GrapheneOS does not add gimmicks without a proper threat model and rationale. We
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won't include flawed heuristics to guess when the cellular network should be trusted.
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These kinds of features provide a false sense of security and encourage unwarranted
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trust in cellular protocols and carrier networks as the default. These also trigger
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false positives causing unnecessary concern and panic. Make good use of authenticated
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encryption and airplane mode to avoid needing to depend on an insecure network.</p>
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<p>Receiving a silent SMS is not a good indicator of being targeted by your cell
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carrier, police or government because <em>anyone on the cell network can send
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them</em> including yourself. Cellular triangulation will happen regardless of whether
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alerts for silent SMS but rather would be ignored with the rest of the spam. Regardless,
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sending texts or other data is not required or particularly useful to track devices
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connected to a network for an adversary with the appropriate access.</p>
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<p>Airplane mode is the only way to avoid the cellular network tracking your
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device and works correctly on the devices we support.</p>
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</article>
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<article id="wifi-privacy">
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