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Ever heard of NetGuard? With it I block all relevant outgoing and incoming connections to doubleclick, google analytics, my carrier (t-mobile), app-measurement

Ever heard of NetGuard? With it I block all relevant outgoing and incoming connections to doubleclick, google analytics, my carrier (t-mobile), app-measurements, facebook, etc... The phone attempts connection to one of these just about every second, and I block them all. Hopefully the Librem phones will continue to mature and become my future phone.

scottwernervt 6y ago
Also recommend https://nextdns.io/ https://nextdns.io/ which supports common ad block lists, etc. I have my home router and phone set to it and is crazy how many trackers and ads are blocked.
- gvurrdon 6y ago
  Seems to be a good service to me. There seem to have been some complaints recently, though: https://www.reddit.com/r/nextdns/comments/ju2hfw/nextdns_privacy_policy_change_now_allows_them_to/ https://www.reddit.com/r/nextdns/comments/ju2hfw/nextdns_pri...
rfvrgvegbegn 6y ago
NetGuard is great, it can show you the requests done by any apps. Thx to it, I discovered that my default camera app on my phone was sending data to Facebook and many other quite concerning stuff. Internet access should be a permission (like camera, mic, etc.) unfortunately in Android it isn't the case and any app can communicate with any server. With NetGuard you can decide which app can access internet or not.
andysch 6y ago
Does Netguard require to be rooted? Does it show the traffic per app?
- hereme888 6y ago
  It does not require rooting. It shows connnections per app, and how much data has been transferred to each of those connections. What I tend to do is: install an app → block it before running it the first time → look at every connection attempt made (usually first through ipv4) → wait a bit more until apps attempt connection through different protocol (ipv6 or U) → block anything I don't like, including ads, analytics, etc → tell NetGuard to now allow the "legit" connections to be made and start using the app.

scottwernervt 6y ago

Also recommend https://nextdns.io/ https://nextdns.io/ which supports common ad block lists, etc. I have my home router and phone set to it and is crazy how many trackers and ads are blocked.

gvurrdon 6y ago
Seems to be a good service to me. There seem to have been some complaints recently, though: https://www.reddit.com/r/nextdns/comments/ju2hfw/nextdns_privacy_policy_change_now_allows_them_to/ https://www.reddit.com/r/nextdns/comments/ju2hfw/nextdns_pri...

rfvrgvegbegn 6y ago

NetGuard is great, it can show you the requests done by any apps. Thx to it, I discovered that my default camera app on my phone was sending data to Facebook and many other quite concerning stuff. Internet access should be a permission (like camera, mic, etc.) unfortunately in Android it isn't the case and any app can communicate with any server. With NetGuard you can decide which app can access internet or not.

andysch 6y ago

Does Netguard require to be rooted? Does it show the traffic per app?

hereme888 6y ago
It does not require rooting. It shows connnections per app, and how much data has been transferred to each of those connections. What I tend to do is: install an app → block it before running it the first time → look at every connection attempt made (usually first through ipv4) → wait a bit more until apps attempt connection through different protocol (ipv6 or U) → block anything I don't like, including ads, analytics, etc → tell NetGuard to now allow the "legit" connections to be made and start using the app.