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Re: Show HN: DoNotNotify – Log and intelligently block notifications on Android

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Post by princevegeta89 »

Draiken wrote: post #50

I would love to use this, but I don't want to allow a third party app with closed source to read all my notifications. This can read OTP passwords, full messages, etc. so it must be open source for me to consider it. I would donate/pay for this if it was open source on F-Droid. Kudos to you for building it. I put off building this exact same application so many times it's not even funny. Too bad I'm too lazy to maint…

If you're feeling skeptical and just want to be sure, you can use this NetGuard https://github.com/M66B/NetGuard to block internet access for any app.

Re: Show HN: DoNotNotify – Log and intelligently block notifications on Android

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Post by bpavuk »

there is a very similar app with much bigger history and (obviously) greater reputation: BuzzKill. [0] it's paid, available on Google Play, has tons of features and then some.

also, I bet that Android platform forbids you from requesting the internet permission if you use some "dangerous" permissions, e.g. reading notifications.

EDIT: added link.

[0]: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.samruston....

Re: Show HN: DoNotNotify – Log and intelligently block notifications on Android

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Post by emilburzo »

benrutter wrote: post #34

This looks nice! I had no idea you could actually control notifications as an app. One thing I've always wanted is the ability to "group" notifications. Apps like WhatsApp can be really bad for pinging lots of times within a minute for individual messages. I really don't need my phone to buzz more than once every five minutes, and wish I could set rules like "don't buzz for x minutes after a notification".

Since Android 15, Google Pixel phones have a "notification cooldown" that sort of fixes this. Hopefully it makes it's way to all Android phones at some point.

https://www.androidauthority.com/android-15-notification-coo...

Re: Show HN: DoNotNotify – Log and intelligently block notifications on Android

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Post by Zak »

My approach to this problem is to not install apps that could be websites, and to remove apps that send me useless notifications. Some apps use notification categories, which gives the user some control.

A feature that would make this app useful to me is a notification digest as a third option in addition to allow and deny. The digest would hold certain notifications and show them to me all at once on a schedule I set.

For a concrete use case, I have low-priority group chats and high-priority direct messages in the same messaging app. I want the direct messages to interrupt me at any time, and I want to be told I have unread group chats a couple times a day without having to poll them manually.

Re: Show HN: DoNotNotify – Log and intelligently block notifications on Android

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Post by Draiken »

princevegeta89 wrote: post #71
Draiken wrote: post #50

I would love to use this, but I don't want to allow a third party app with closed source to read all my notifications. This can read OTP passwords, full messages, etc. so it must be open source for me to consider it. I would donate/pay for this if it was open source on F-Droid. Kudos to you for building it. I put off building this exact same application so many times it's not even funny. Too bad I'm too lazy to maint…

If you're feeling skeptical and just want to be sure, you can use this NetGuard https://github.com/M66B/NetGuard to block internet access for any app.

TIL! What a find. Thanks mate!

I might actually try this now.

Re: Show HN: DoNotNotify – Log and intelligently block notifications on Android

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Post by positive-spite »

awaaz wrote: post #54
Draiken wrote: post #50

I would love to use this, but I don't want to allow a third party app with closed source to read all my notifications. This can read OTP passwords, full messages, etc. so it must be open source for me to consider it. I would donate/pay for this if it was open source on F-Droid. Kudos to you for building it. I put off building this exact same application so many times it's not even funny. Too bad I'm too lazy to maint…

Fair enough, you only have my word on it (that it doesn't send any data to the Internet). But you do have my word :) Another person requested that the app be open-sourced as well. I will look into that.

I would greatly appreciate it, if this was open source :) Especially since this will be able to read 2FA codes sent by SMS. (I get that SMS 2FA codes are not perfectly safe to begin with, I personally don't love them either, but they are still used on a bunch of services)

Just makes me sleep a little better.

Re: Show HN: DoNotNotify – Log and intelligently block notifications on Android

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Post by blauditore »

gruez wrote: post #53
Draiken wrote: post #50

I would love to use this, but I don't want to allow a third party app with closed source to read all my notifications. This can read OTP passwords, full messages, etc. so it must be open source for me to consider it. I would donate/pay for this if it was open source on F-Droid. Kudos to you for building it. I put off building this exact same application so many times it's not even funny. Too bad I'm too lazy to maint…

>I would love to use this, but I don't want to allow a third party app with closed source to read all my notifications. This can read OTP passwords, full messages, etc. so it must be open source for me to consider it. The app lacks the INTERNET permission so it can't really exfiltrate data even if it wanted to.

That's another pet peeve of mine: Why the hell can't we block internet access for apps in (native) Android? Everything else is a permission, but this is not, somehow.

Re: Show HN: DoNotNotify – Log and intelligently block notifications on Android

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Post by princevegeta89 »

Draiken wrote: post #75
princevegeta89 wrote: post #71

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you're feeling skeptical and just want to be sure, you can use this NetGuard https://github.com/M66B/NetGuard to block internet access for any app.

TIL! What a find. Thanks mate! I might actually try this now.

You're welcome

Re: Show HN: DoNotNotify – Log and intelligently block notifications on Android

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Post by Defolter »

princevegeta89 wrote: post #71
Draiken wrote: post #50

I would love to use this, but I don't want to allow a third party app with closed source to read all my notifications. This can read OTP passwords, full messages, etc. so it must be open source for me to consider it. I would donate/pay for this if it was open source on F-Droid. Kudos to you for building it. I put off building this exact same application so many times it's not even funny. Too bad I'm too lazy to maint…

If you're feeling skeptical and just want to be sure, you can use this NetGuard https://github.com/M66B/NetGuard to block internet access for any app.

Great tool. Additionally, some Android forks (ColorOS) allow you to do this without apps, directly in the system settings of the app
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