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Is there something like this for iOS? I know Adguard but it is not open source.
But it’s more designed to be a debug tool than to block traffic from specific apps
Is there something like this for iOS? I know Adguard but it is not open source.
Isn’t AdGuard just dns protection (and Safari extension). Afaik something like this isn’t easily doable in iOS. Some options are: * Shadowrocket - you can set complex rules on what hosts/connections should be routed by what, but afaik you are not able to isolate traffic on a per-app basis. * I think you can set up per-app VPN on iOS, but you must use MDM, can’t do it on an unmanaged profile. Link: https://support.app…
Yet iOS allows Safari per-site VPN without enterprise MDM, via Apple Configurator profile.
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I've been using Blockada for many years but that's a firewall against ads and trackers. No ads inside apps. Ideally I would use NetGuard to block the apps and Blockada to block ads and trackers for the apps that I allowed to perform network traffic in NetGuard. But Android allows only one active VPN and they can't be chained, so it's a hard choice. Actually it's not so hard: I keep blocking ads and trackers.
Blockada is most likely a DNS level blocker, netguard supports that. Alternatively you can configure it to point the DNS servers at NextDNS if you just want a nice UI to configure block lists (though NextDNS might track you).
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> better than nothing Is "nothing" the only Android per-app outbound firewall alternative to NetGuard?
I've been using Blockada for many years but that's a firewall against ads and trackers. No ads inside apps. Ideally I would use NetGuard to block the apps and Blockada to block ads and trackers for the apps that I allowed to perform network traffic in NetGuard. But Android allows only one active VPN and they can't be chained, so it's a hard choice. Actually it's not so hard: I keep blocking ads and trackers.
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It can do other things. It can monitor network traffic and block ads within apps through multiple host files . Also having a single app to toggle is more UX friendly than toggling multiple apps network access.
Running pihole as your home DNS is far more feasible for blocking ads and other intrusive requests. The UX perspective is a valid point
Afaik, this requires an active VPN connection. With GrapheneOS, there is a network toggle which disables the INTERNET access to any individual app so it doesn't make sense to use NetGuard
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LineageOS has this too, and it’s available on a fair bit of non-Pixel phones.
LineageOS doesn't really cut off the INTERNET access properly. Graphene's approach is more robust. I still wonder why such an important feature is not in the AOSP itself
Really? Remind yourself who works on Android. Google have been removing functionalities that benefit privacy for ever, and then put half backed alternative buried under tons of settings.
You just leave it in background, check one day later and see what sneaky app you never thought of have been sending tons of data in the background.
For me it helped me remove and search alternative for 4 apps, including a pill reminder (mytherapy). I would never have thought the trade-off to be reminded to take vitamin would be to constantly spy on me and sell all my data. Had i known, I would have put a reminder in my calendar.
Is there something like this for iOS? I know Adguard but it is not open source.
https://github.com/AdguardTeam/AdguardForiOS I am pretty sure it is open source. I’ve been using it for years both for upstream DNS and blocklist filtering.
Pcapdroid is a very good alternative that allows to see which connections are made from what app to what server and at what time. You just leave it in background, check one day later and see what sneaky app you never thought of have been sending tons of data in the background. For me it helped me remove and search alternative for 4 apps, including a pill reminder (mytherapy). I would never have thought the trade-off…