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That's very interesting. Does Android have anything similar?

leokennis 6y ago
Not sure, but you can use something like NextDNS to achieve the same. It’s basically a “pihole in the cloud”: https://kennis.cc/public_uploads/0caeb8d4.png https://kennis.cc/public_uploads/0caeb8d4.png
ffpip 6y ago
Android has tons of these apps. Cuz its Android. An app exists for everything. Check out Blockada. (Non-root) Adaway (root and non root phones) Adaway requires version 5.something for non rooted devices. Anything less than version 4 is only for rooted devices.
Ianvdl 6y ago
I used to use NoRoot Firewall [0], which worked similarly, and allowed you to block per-application. [0] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.greyshirts.firewall&hl=en_US https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.greyshirts...
dirkf 6y ago
I use https://blokada.org/index.html https://blokada.org/index.html on Android. But you have to keep an eye on it because it can get killed when Android(?) thinks it needs the resources for something else. The app has some options to help prevent this but it doesn't always seem to work.
cpv 6y ago
NetGuard. Creates a local VPN through which the internet is routed. Shows the domains each app is accessing, can be blocked per app, or forbid internet at system level (breaks things, require fine tuning). Also you can configure a non standard DNS (like adguard, which can block some things at the DNS level). EDIT: or NextDNS, since it comes with some additional features.
- propogandist 6y ago
  +1 Netguard. It's an essential app, along with Firefox with ad-blocking add-ons. Netguard by the same dev behind Xpirvacy, which provides dummy data to apps that try to send back all sorts of unique identifiers to the mothership (+apps like facebook). Most popular apps call facebook IPs at launch, along with other analytics services. It's quite disgusting. https://github.com/M66B/NetGuard https://github.com/M66B/NetGuard

Not sure, but you can use something like NextDNS to achieve the same. It’s basically a “pihole in the cloud”: https://kennis.cc/public_uploads/0caeb8d4.png https://kennis.cc/public_uploads/0caeb8d4.png

ffpip 6y ago

Android has tons of these apps. Cuz its Android. An app exists for everything. Check out Blockada. (Non-root) Adaway (root and non root phones) Adaway requires version 5.something for non rooted devices. Anything less than version 4 is only for rooted devices.

Ianvdl 6y ago

I used to use NoRoot Firewall [0], which worked similarly, and allowed you to block per-application. [0] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.greyshirts.firewall&hl=en_US https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.greyshirts...

dirkf 6y ago

I use https://blokada.org/index.html https://blokada.org/index.html on Android. But you have to keep an eye on it because it can get killed when Android(?) thinks it needs the resources for something else. The app has some options to help prevent this but it doesn't always seem to work.

cpv 6y ago

NetGuard. Creates a local VPN through which the internet is routed. Shows the domains each app is accessing, can be blocked per app, or forbid internet at system level (breaks things, require fine tuning). Also you can configure a non standard DNS (like adguard, which can block some things at the DNS level). EDIT: or NextDNS, since it comes with some additional features.

propogandist 6y ago
+1 Netguard. It's an essential app, along with Firefox with ad-blocking add-ons. Netguard by the same dev behind Xpirvacy, which provides dummy data to apps that try to send back all sorts of unique identifiers to the mothership (+apps like facebook). Most popular apps call facebook IPs at launch, along with other analytics services. It's quite disgusting. https://github.com/M66B/NetGuard https://github.com/M66B/NetGuard