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It says “for Android” right in the title, but I’m sure there are people who’d like to know if there will be an iOS release (and if yes, when that may be likely)
by newscracker 6y ago
It says “for Android” right in the title, but I’m sure there are people who’d like to know if there will be an iOS release (and if yes, when that may be likely). I couldn’t find answers to this in the FAQ.
For iOS, there’s Lockdown (lockdownprivacy.com), which is slightly similar to this.
- ignoramous 6y agoHi, one of the developers here. Did not expect this to land on HN. For iOS, my understanding was that Apple already provides a built-in firewall? Besides, the APIs to track connections/flows per application aren't necessarily available on iOS [0]? I used to hack on AOSP for a living, so kind of right at home with Android, right now. [0} https://developer.apple.com/documentation/networkextension/filtering_network_traffic https://developer.apple.com/documentation/networkextension/f...
- angott 6y agoThat API you're linking is only available on macOS (see the column on the right side of the page).
- ignoramous 6y agoYeah, that was the point I was trying to make. I am not aware of APIs on iOS that let VPN apps track and block per app connections flows. Digging a bit deeper in the developer docs, it looks like it may be possible? https://developer.apple.com/documentation/networkextension/app_proxy_provider https://developer.apple.com/documentation/networkextension/a... Given that the core firewall is implemented in Go, we should be able to port it to iOS without much worry. But first, must arrange funds to purchase a Mac and an iPhone :)
- machello13 6y agoJust a heads-up that at the end of that support doc, it says the API is only available for managed devices on iOS.