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document access to google #1508
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For all of them, we strip device identifier (MAC addresses, IMEI, etc) from requests where they normally would be (and if required use random but valid identifiers instead). In general, we obviously try to minimize the connections to Google, but some services strictly rely on them and would just not work without. Blocking any network requests of microG will thus result in something not working as expected. If you don't need push notifications, you can disable it (and daily device registration) in microG settings to get rid of the corresponding network requests. The reason why AdAway is mentioned is that they used (or still use) an erroneous ad filter list that would block requests to |
I assume There is a persistent connection to Personally, if I see value on any of the following, I'll mention it here:
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Connections are now also documented at https://github.com/microg/GmsCore/wiki/Google-Network-Connections, with the intention to update it as needed. |
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
This is just a minor request for documentation. If I'm wrong, let me know.
I have a phone from efoundation and I expected no access to google servers (otherwise why buy a degoogled phone) but NetGuard reports access to mtalk.google.com and ANDroID.cliENTS.gOoGLE.COM from the microG Services Core. I guess it's necessary for push notifications based on #1359 (comment), right?
Such information is currently a bit buried at your Helpful Information , bullet 4.
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Can you update your documentation? Suggestions:
Can I block ANDroID.cliENTS.gOoGLE.COM?
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