I don't understand the comments to this post. Don't people use firewalls anymore to limit internet access only to the apps really needing it?
Could you please recommend a comfortable personal firewall app for Android?
Rethink: dns + firewall + vpn
Show HN: Gander, an Android file viewer that asks for no permissions
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Re: Show HN: Gander, an Android file viewer that asks for no permissions
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#63This is interesting. I thought granting internet access to apps is not avoidable on Android. When an app does not request internet, is it really guaranteed that it cannot talk to the outside world? Or is it having other avenues like opening a browser or some other component with a custom url or something? Update: I just asked Gemini, and it does not look good: An Android app without the INTERNET permission is not gua…
I use a rooted phone and afwall+ which uses the underlying Linux firewall. There's also the mobile and WiFi data permissions you can change manually.
Re: Show HN: Gander, an Android file viewer that asks for no permissions
#64Going to test this out. I've been very happy to see the number of new apps being developed to be installed on android via obtanium and away from the Google app store. I assume it's llms enabling folks to get quick apps out.
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#65Can this open .rtf files?
I know it's old, but I still receive them from time to time.
Re: Show HN: Gander, an Android file viewer that asks for no permissions
#66This is interesting. I thought granting internet access to apps is not avoidable on Android. When an app does not request internet, is it really guaranteed that it cannot talk to the outside world? Or is it having other avenues like opening a browser or some other component with a custom url or something? Update: I just asked Gemini, and it does not look good: An Android app without the INTERNET permission is not gua…
AOSP allows the internet permission to be denied per app (hence LineageOS and Graphene exposing it), it's just most OEMs ROMs don't expose it, you can draw your own conclusions from that.
Re: Show HN: Gander, an Android file viewer that asks for no permissions
#67Please add signature to readme so users can verify before installing with Obtainium eg: 5B:5C:F6:4A:94:23:7C:D5:F0:E0:85:76:00:38:BC:1C:EB:DF:18:DA:BA:5C:B3:EA:CA:7C:15:9F:22:A7:E2:4B
Added, it's in the README under Install now. Thanks for bringing that up!
Re: Show HN: Gander, an Android file viewer that asks for no permissions
#68Well done! > A tiny, open source, fully offline file viewer for Android that opens PDF, Word, Perhaps correct Word to DOCX. Word is not just DOCX and DOCX is not just Word. This user needs DOC viewing and would be disappointed having installed this app. I wish you every success with this.
Fair enough, fixed that in the README.
Re: Show HN: Gander, an Android file viewer that asks for no permissions
#69This is interesting. I thought granting internet access to apps is not avoidable on Android. When an app does not request internet, is it really guaranteed that it cannot talk to the outside world? Or is it having other avenues like opening a browser or some other component with a custom url or something? Update: I just asked Gemini, and it does not look good: An Android app without the INTERNET permission is not gua…
I use a rooted phone and afwall+ which uses the underlying Linux firewall. There's also the mobile and WiFi data permissions you can change manually.
How is the rooted experience these days? Do you deal with broken (banking) apps all the time?
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#70How does this work? I was under the impression that newer android sdk versions required permissions to access the filesystem... if you're using an older sdk, I can't really imagine the app working for longer than a year.