Creating an Anonymous Google Account for Enhanced Privacy
Introduction:
For a variety of reasons, you might want to create an anonymous Google Account in the modern era of growing privacy concerns. This guide describes how to accomplish this for personal privacy or other reasons. To improve your anonymity, we’ll use resources like Whonix and a Pixel device that has GrapheneOS loaded.
Requirements:
– Whonix
– Pixel Device with GrapheneOS installed
– Gift Card
Why Use GrapheneOS?
Since the Google Play Store and its services are sandboxed, no identifying information or private data is exchanged. Since it is a typical untrusted sandboxed application, there is no IMEI or IMSI.
Why Whonix?
Whonix’s most recent version provides a defense against key pattern analysis and even prevents tracking via mouse movements.
Restrictions:
The only “leaked” information on GrapheneOS is the country code from your SIM card, like the US or something similar.
You should be using the Tor Browser at least on the “safer” security level when accessing websites like google.com and possibly your SMS verification site. Thankfully, Whonix takes care of most issues related to turning on JavaScript.
Step 1
- Use cash to buy a gift card from a nearby retailer.
Step 2
- Create an account on localmonero (onion, no-script).
Step 3
- Exchange that gift card for XMR (Monero) in a deal with a reliable person.
Step 4
- Go to an SMS verification website where you can pay with XMR and no personal information is needed. Make sure you load some money into your account after creating one (for example, https://kycnot.me/).
Step 5
- Register for a Google account on google.com by using the Tor browser. Make use of KeePassDX’s passphrase generator for your name and email address. Select “2” for the word count and take the word separator out. Make sure the password you create is strong.
Step 6
- You’ll be asked for your phone number after providing your password, birthdate, and name (passphrase). Utilize the number you purchased in Step 7.
Step 7
- For the purpose of SMS verification, buy a temporary number and input it into google.com.
Step 8
- Enter the verification code into google.com after obtaining it.
Step 9
- Set up your freshly created Google account.
Step 10
- Before downloading the Google Play Services Apps, make sure that all of your device’s traffic is routed over the Tor network (for example, using Orbot). Enter into your newly configured GrapheneOS device, always keeping your privacy first.
