From 37253ffa17c63ea3fd0c201fa4e62ee36e5ce2ff Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: smdyv <88971341+smdyv@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2022 15:05:41 +0200 Subject: Add highlighting style for placeholders This is in accordance with Google's developer documentation style guide. --- static/faq.html | 10 +++++----- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) (limited to 'static/faq.html') diff --git a/static/faq.html b/static/faq.html index 65e72191..e58ce351 100644 --- a/static/faq.html +++ b/static/faq.html @@ -643,7 +643,7 @@ enabled, and it has the option to automatically restore app data when an app is reinstalled, so it wouldn't lose track of it being the same profile.
-The ANDROID_ID string is a 64-bit random number, unique to each
+
The ANDROID_ID string is a 64-bit random number, unique to each combination of profile and app signing key. The 64-bit limitation means it isn't particularly useful due to the possibility of collisions. It's tied to the lifetime of profiles and does not persist through profile deletion or a factory reset. This is @@ -655,13 +655,13 @@
The advertising ID is a Google Play services feature not included in the baseline
Android API, so it isn't an API included in GrapheneOS. The advertising ID is unique
- to each profile. It isn't unique to each app signing key like ANDROID_ID,
+ to each profile. It isn't unique to each app signing key like ANDROID_ID,
but that makes little difference since apps within the same profile can communicate
- with each other with mutual consent. It's comparable to ANDROID_ID but
+ with each other with mutual consent. It's comparable to ANDROID_ID but
provides an 128-bit value so it provides a strong cryptographic guarantee against
collisions, although a device messing with apps could set it to the same value used in
another profile. The advertising ID is exposed via the Settings app and can be reset
- to a new random value, unlike ANDROID_ID which remains the same for the
+ to a new random value, unlike ANDROID_ID which remains the same for the
lifetime of the profile, but apps can tie it to the previous ID since they can detect
that it changed via their own ID in their app data. The advertising ID can
also now be disabled (zeroed).
ANDROID_ID means they don't yet need to bother with that but
+ existence of ANDROID_ID means they don't yet need to bother with that but
that will change on GrapheneOS and will likely change for baseline Android too.
However, profiles are the only way to provide a strong assurance of separate
identities since the application model of the OS is designed to support communication
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