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Google is designing a new operating system (also at Github) based on its own new kernel (Magenta), which may be intended to unify/replace Android and ChromeOS. It is also expected to run on a wide range of ARM and x64 devices, such as Chromecast, Raspberry Pi 3, smartphones, laptops, and desktops.
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One man's "simple" is another man's "huh?"
(Score: 2) by Hyperturtle on Thursday August 18 2016, @02:56PM
All of my android tablets seem to make connection attempts to 8.8.8.8 or 8.8.4.4 despite manual IP address configuration for DNS; or DHCP assignment of numerous other DNS addresses. Note that none of these are 'new' tablets. All are on 4.x something or other.
Do you know why android devices report to google in this regard? I had to block 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 on the network firewall; for some of my local-only tablets, I had to enter an invalid gateway prior to taking the drop packet actions at the network edge. (like for the pipboy app that needed wifi but not internet access; even without going to the internet via my direction, the tablet sure tried to. the application was installed via an SD card and running the apk)
These connection attempts are most easily observable with a packet capture; even t-shark right on the tablet can demonstrate this, if you don't have a means of monitoring the traffic on the wire prior to hitting a firewall (or checking on the firewall itself).
The Google DNS is really convenient to remember, its free to use and many people tell their friends to use it, but I don't feel like it seems necessary for my devices to go there anyway. My local DNS seems to be much faster since it's already cached the results of most of what I go to...
I am not sure what lengths I would need to do to ensure an actual android phone didn't continue to make those 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 connections on a cell network. Recall that Windows firewall ignores various blocks to MS IPs and domains, and that for that traffic to get blocked, host files and windows firewalls are not going to work; you need to do it externally.
That isn't possible on the phone network; once it leaves the phone via the cell service it's gone, and my firewalls can't really do anything about that.
(Score: 2) by Nerdfest on Thursday August 18 2016, @04:58PM
Thanks, I'll have to check this out. I've never noticed before. What names were being looked up? My guess would be that this would be something related to being logged into a Google account rather than being in raw Android, but I could be wrong. Still wrong ignoring DNS settings in pretty much all cases regardless.