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Re: Lockdown: Open-source firewall that blocks app tracking, ads, snooping

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Post by twodayslate »

whalesalad wrote: post #17

Looks like the core of this is done via https://developer.apple.com/documentation/networkextension some cool stuff here: - Content Filter Providers: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/networkextension/c... - DNS Proxy Provider: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/networkextension/d...

This application is not using either of those APIs (Content Filter or DNS Proxy).

> Content filter providers are only supported on supervised iOS devices.

> DNS proxy providers are only supported on supervised iOS devices.

Re: Lockdown: Open-source firewall that blocks app tracking, ads, snooping

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Post by flavor8 »

vageli wrote: post #16
ropiwqefjnpoa wrote: post #12

It's functions similar to other mobile ad-blockers in that it can route all your phones traffic over a VPN tunnel it establishes. But the ad-blocking vpn server is 127.0.0.1, so perhaps, like it says all the blocking happens right on your phone. This is what I've been waiting for if this works. Still getting ads on instagram though.

On Android, DNS66 does exactly this, available on F-Droid. https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.jak_linux.dns66/

Blokada seems to be very similar to DNS66, and is more actively maintained. Any reason to prefer DNS66?

Re: Lockdown: Open-source firewall that blocks app tracking, ads, snooping

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Post by eugeniub »

pgl wrote: post #19

It's "open source", but there's only been 5 commits since August last year? Where do the updates to blocking rules etc come from? Also, the homepage states "Over 1 Billion Trackers Blocked", but that really feels misleading. I'd say Guardian Firewall is a much better choice: https://twitter.com/guardianiosapp

$10/month is a lot for a firewall.

Re: Lockdown: Open-source firewall that blocks app tracking, ads, snooping

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Post by pnw_hazor »

pgl wrote: post #19

It's "open source", but there's only been 5 commits since August last year? Where do the updates to blocking rules etc come from? Also, the homepage states "Over 1 Billion Trackers Blocked", but that really feels misleading. I'd say Guardian Firewall is a much better choice: https://twitter.com/guardianiosapp

I hardly use my iphone and it has blocked 552 today. It shows you the log. Also, the mobile web seems faster now (for some sites).

23K+ blocked since 1/16/2020.

I don't use too many apps, but I see it also blocked app telemetry/trackers (e.g., kochava.com stuff)

Re: Lockdown: Open-source firewall that blocks app tracking, ads, snooping

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Post by vageli »

flavor8 wrote: post #22
vageli wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

On Android, DNS66 does exactly this, available on F-Droid. https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.jak_linux.dns66/

Blokada seems to be very similar to DNS66, and is more actively maintained. Any reason to prefer DNS66?

> Blokada seems to be very similar to DNS66, and is more actively maintained. Any reason to prefer DNS66?

No, I've never heard of blokada. Thanks for the tip.

Re: Lockdown: Open-source firewall that blocks app tracking, ads, snooping

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Post by ignoramous »

flavor8 wrote: post #22
vageli wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

On Android, DNS66 does exactly this, available on F-Droid. https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.jak_linux.dns66/

Blokada seems to be very similar to DNS66, and is more actively maintained. Any reason to prefer DNS66?

Blokada doesn't DoH or DoT the last time I checked, but they have added a wireguard-based paid VPN service, which is nice.

Intra [0] can DoH (but no on-device custom blocklists) and Nebulo [1] can DoH and DoT (with on-device blocklists). Personally, I see better latencies with DoH.

Ref: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21598413

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[0] https://getintra.org + adguard-dns or nextdns

[1] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.frostnerd.... + adguard-dns or nextdns or hostfiles

Re: Lockdown: Open-source firewall that blocks app tracking, ads, snooping

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Post by pgl »

pnw_hazor wrote: post #24
pgl wrote: post #19

It's "open source", but there's only been 5 commits since August last year? Where do the updates to blocking rules etc come from? Also, the homepage states "Over 1 Billion Trackers Blocked", but that really feels misleading. I'd say Guardian Firewall is a much better choice: https://twitter.com/guardianiosapp

I hardly use my iphone and it has blocked 552 today. It shows you the log. Also, the mobile web seems faster now (for some sites). 23K+ blocked since 1/16/2020. I don't use too many apps, but I see it also blocked app telemetry/trackers (e.g., kochava.com stuff)

It's the language I think is misleading - there aren't 1bn trackers out there to be blocked. I suppose it means there's been 1bn blocks happened.

Re: Lockdown: Open-source firewall that blocks app tracking, ads, snooping

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Post by criddell »

eugeniub wrote: post #23
pgl wrote: post #19

It's "open source", but there's only been 5 commits since August last year? Where do the updates to blocking rules etc come from? Also, the homepage states "Over 1 Billion Trackers Blocked", but that really feels misleading. I'd say Guardian Firewall is a much better choice: https://twitter.com/guardianiosapp

$10/month is a lot for a firewall.

If you use a pay-as-you-go network like Google Fi, and it saves you more than 1 GB, then it saves you money.

Re: Lockdown: Open-source firewall that blocks app tracking, ads, snooping

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Post by Groxx »

vageli wrote: post #16
ropiwqefjnpoa wrote: post #12

It's functions similar to other mobile ad-blockers in that it can route all your phones traffic over a VPN tunnel it establishes. But the ad-blocking vpn server is 127.0.0.1, so perhaps, like it says all the blocking happens right on your phone. This is what I've been waiting for if this works. Still getting ads on instagram though.

On Android, DNS66 does exactly this, available on F-Droid. https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.jak_linux.dns66/

As does NetGuard, both on the Play store and F-Droid: https://www.netguard.me/

A paid upgrade to the Play store version lets you filter traffic like adblock, or just use the releases from Github (they allow filtering, but not most pro features)

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