document DHCP privacy improvement

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<li>PIN scrambling option</li>
<li><a href="/usage#lte-only-mode">LTE-only mode</a> to reduce cellular radio
attack surface by disabling enormous amounts of legacy code</li>
<li><a href="/usage#wifi-privacy-associated">Default enabled per-connection MAC randomization</a>
as an improvement over Android's default per-network MAC randomization reusing
the same MAC address until the DHCP lease with that network expires (can still
use the standard implementation or fully disable it)</li>
<li><a href="/usage#wifi-privacy-associated">Per-connection MAC randomization
option (enabled by default)</a> as a more private option than the standard
persistent per-network random MAC.</li>
<li>When the per-connection MAC randomization added by GrapheneOS is being
used, DHCP client state is flushed before reconnecting to a network to avoid
revealing that it's likely the same device as before.</li>
<li>Vanadium: hardened WebView and default browser — the WebView is what most
other apps use to handle web content, so you benefit from Vanadium in many apps
even if you choose another browser</li>

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<section id="wifi-privacy-associated">
<h3><a href="#wifi-privacy-associated">Associated with an Access Point (AP)</a></h3>
<p>The DHCP client uses the anonymity profile rather than sending a hostname so it
doesn't compromise the privacy offered by MAC randomization.</p>
<p>Associated MAC randomization is performed by default. This can be controlled
per-network with Settings ➔ Network &amp; Internet ➔ Wi-Fi ➔ &lt;network&gt;
Advanced ➔ Privacy.</p>
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connecting to a network. It has 3 options available: "Use fully randomized MAC
(default)", "Use per-network randomized MAC" and "Use device MAC".</p>
<p>The DHCP client uses the anonymity profile rather than sending a hostname
so it doesn't compromise the privacy offered by MAC randomization. When the
per-connection MAC randomization added by GrapheneOS is being used, DHCP
client state is flushed before reconnecting to a network to avoid revealing
that it's likely the same device as before.</p>
<p>GrapheneOS also disables support for stable link-local IPv6 addresses, since these
have the potential to be used as identifiers. It's more sensible to use typical
link-local address generation based on the (randomized) MAC address since link-local