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diff --git a/static/faq.html b/static/faq.html index 38de71fb..a3e6a0c4 100644 --- a/static/faq.html +++ b/static/faq.html @@ -806,17 +806,20 @@ repository.</p> </li> <li> - <p>An HTTPS connection is made to https://time.grapheneos.org/generate_204 to - update the time from the custom X-Time header field, which has millisecond - precision, or falls back to the Date header if X-Time is not available with less - precision. GrapheneOS also lowers the system clock drift warning from 2000 milliseconds - to 250 milliseconds, and the time update threshold from 2000 milliseconds to 50 - milliseconds. This is a full and more precise replacement of Android's standard - network time update implementation, which uses the cellular network when available - with a fallback to SNTP when it's not available. Network time updates are security - sensitive since certificate validation depends on having an accurate time, but - the standard NTP / SNTP protocols used across most OSes have no authentication - or encryption.</p> + <p>An HTTPS connection is made to + https://time.grapheneos.org/generate_204 to update the time with a + millisecond precision X-Time header. As part of future support for + using other services, it falls back to the standard Date header with + second precision.</p> + + <p>This is a full replacement for Android's standard network time + update implementation, which uses unauthentication SNTP (Simple + Network Time Protocol) with fallback to the cellular network when it's + not available (GNSS can also be used as a time source but is disabled + by default, and OEMs can choose the priority order). Network time + updates are security sensitive since certificate validation depends on + having an accurate time, but the standard NTP / SNTP protocols used + across most OSes have no authentication or encryption.</p> <p>We plan to offer a toggle to use the standard functionality instead of HTTPS-based time updates in order to blend in with other devices.</p> diff --git a/static/features.html b/static/features.html index 5e7a8dc0..86ddd833 100644 --- a/static/features.html +++ b/static/features.html @@ -953,6 +953,10 @@ <li>Screenshot shutter sound is toggleable using the "Touch sounds" option in Settings ➔ Sound & vibration while still following the standard method of putting the device on vibration/silent mode to turn off the screenshot shutter sound.</li> + <li>More precise system clock via lowering the system clock time update + threshold from 2000ms to 50ms and lowering the system clock drift warning + from 2000ms to 250ms. This can be helpful for time-based protocols such as + TOTP.</li> </ul> </section> </section> |