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The issue with Android is it's extremely restrictive from a firewall perspective, I guess exactly as designed. I cannot dictate what apps chat over the interne
by aboringusername 5y ago
The issue with Android is it's extremely restrictive from a firewall perspective, I guess exactly as designed.
I cannot dictate what apps chat over the internet or to what IP's (say, a setting to only allow EU-only addresses).
Of course this means - rightfully or wrongly - you have to move this to another layer - probably PiHole or router level, but even then there could be gaps (can it use mobile data with you unaware?).
I am surprised major OS' still don't allow users to configure this yet. it's pretty basic stuff.
- ajvs 5y agoCustom ROMs like LineageOS which is in this study does have an inbuilt firewall. Long press an app and you can deny internet access entirely, deny VPN access, etc.