From 970b7f0c602f325610fb6379651314ed3540c7b4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daniel Micay
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2023 18:36:12 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] update Qualcomm XTRA information
---
static/faq.html | 15 ++++++++++-----
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/static/faq.html b/static/faq.html
index 1ad9f235..ce58d6c0 100644
--- a/static/faq.html
+++ b/static/faq.html
@@ -865,7 +865,15 @@
https://path1.xtracloud.net/xtra3Mgrbeji.bin,
https://path2.xtracloud.net/xtra3Mgrbeji.bin and
https://path3.xtracloud.net/xtra3Mgrbeji.bin which currently (as of
- October 2022) are hosted via Amazon Web Services.
+ October 2022) are hosted via Amazon Web Services. xtra-daemon sets a
+ custom User-Agent header with information on the device. GrapheneOS
+ stops it from including any unique hardware identifiers and is in the
+ process of entirely disabling the User-Agent header to avoid sending
+ the device model, manufacturer, etc. to Qualcomm. We're hosting a
+ similar PSDS cache for Qualcomm PSDS data and plan to use it by
+ default once we implement support for switching between our servers
+ and Qualcomm's servers via the same toggle we use for the newer
+ Broadcomm GNSS Pixels.
Qualcomm Snapdragon SoC devices also fetch time from
time.xtracloud.net via NTP rather than using the OS time. Stock Pixel
@@ -877,10 +885,7 @@
avoid GNSS-based location being crippled by having time set wrong in
the OS.
- We're hosting a similar PSDS cache for Qualcomm PSDS data and plan
- to use it by default once we implement support for switching between
- our servers and Qualcomm's servers via the same toggle we use for the
- newer Broadcomm GNSS Pixels.
+
Connectivity checks designed to mimic a web browser user agent are performed