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

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Post by indolering »

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.

It's hard to rule out intentional side channels without access to source.

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

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Post by worksonmine »

blauditore wrote: post #81
reedf1 wrote: post #7

My solution to this problem was to have my phone permanently on silent. The logic being - there was nothing so urgent 25 years ago that couldn't be solved by an asynchronous answering machine message checked once a day; why do I need moment to moment updates now. Nowadays I'd probably use a tool like yours. My partner is going through legitimate withdrawal symptoms after two years of short-form content addiction. Tur…

Even when checking once a day, it's still worse with spam notifications. It's like getting 20 spam phone calls on your answering machine between the real ones.

Another option is to avoid those kinds of apps. I get 0 notifications I would consider spam.

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

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Post by bembo »

psittacus wrote: post #89
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…

It took me a moment to find, but Alertly claims to do something similar while being open-source. Last commit was made two years ago though. https://f-droid.org/packages/com.example.notificationalerter https://github.com/lightningcpu/Alertly

What about this? https://f-droid.org/packages/co.adityarajput.notifilter

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

#94

Post by benterix »

cocoto wrote: post #6

I’m now an iOS user but the problem is actually the same here : apps not respecting communication channels to push ads (mostly to their own app or service). I usually fully block notifications from most apps but for some apps the notifications are really convenient (carpooling, transport or delivery app). Yes I want to know if the train I booked is delayed. No I don’t want to be notified that you are now partnering w…

I chose the hard way and disabled them anyway. If I want to know if a train is delayed, I check. If I wait for a driver, I check. Actually the latter is better as I'm not surprised by the guy arriving but can synchronize well. And frankly, I don't complain.

And every evening or so I sit down on my computer and check WhatsApp notifications on web.whatsapp.com to catch up with what's going on in groups people added me to. I find this quite good for my well-being.

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

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Post by hexyl_C_gut »

blauditore wrote: post #77
gruez wrote: post #53

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>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.

Maybe Google doesn't want users blocking ads from getting loaded.

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

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Post by pava0 »

blauditore wrote: post #77
gruez wrote: post #53

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>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.

Wait, we can in Android. In my OnePlus 12 in the app settings under "data usage" there are two toggles for "disable mobile data" / "disable wifi"

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

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Post by oezi »

I am surprised that nobody seems to have the opposite problem: Modern Android just no longer delivers notifications in realtime but bunches them and delays them to a degree that you can't rely on them anymore for synchronous communication. Whatsapp and Gmail messages often trigger notifications up to 15 minutes after being received for me. Infuriating.

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

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Post by wafflemaker »

pava0 wrote: post #96
blauditore wrote: post #77

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Wait, we can in Android. In my OnePlus 12 in the app settings under "data usage" there are two toggles for "disable mobile data" / "disable wifi"

Wow, thought it was GrapheneOS only, but no.

Confirmed these settings on One+15 on OOS16 (based on Android 16).

Is it also the case for other Android brands?

P.S. I did use it before to turn off ads.

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

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Post by busymom0 »

lukan wrote: post #24

The mygate app you have to use made me curious. They proudly advertise: "Capture the attention of India’s most sought-after communities" https://mygate.com/ad-platform/ " Faszinating, literal vendor lock in. I know that moving places suck (I am just doing it), but this would be unacceptable for me.

They also advertise:

> 47% DAU:MAU

> Build strong brand recall with high frequency on our daily-use app

Spamming notifications is how they are getting these high frequency users.

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

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Post by metalman »

Having never had a google account or used the "play" store, but having only used android phones(so far) I would try this from fdroid, etc. I have a workarounds that dissables all notifications except for pm's, the trickiest ones bieng for the varios google (dis)services. The other main workaround is to use webpage sign ins rather than apps through an oddball browser that breaks anything........hmmmm, too agressive, which luckily comes in another flavor that I have set up for banking, and certain other sign ins. But what I would realy realy like a cache cleaner that would wipe EVERYTHING , or better yet a detailed list of all running services and cached data AND bieng able to see the network. could be called WTFIGO, or FIGO for short
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