The rugged digital individual needs Little Snitch for Android quite urgently. In fact, I think that's something Google can and should include in the very next A

The rugged digital individual needs Little Snitch for Android quite urgently. In fact, I think that's something Google can and should include in the very next Android revision. It would be a loud and clear statement in favor of security and privacy in a distinctly Android (vs Apple) way - it's more open, more information, and more on you to do the right thing (but I do support Apple-esque default rules). While I think the best reason to care is because of privacy and security, there's also a more concrete argument in favor of preventing theft. Every network call that is not in service to the user is theft of precious battery and bandwidth resources. Right now it's not a free market because people just don't know the price they are paying. It would be great to surface that price and give alternative apps and services a chance to win based on substantive differences, and not just on superficial things. (The only app that has succeeded on this basis is, to my knowledge, Signal. But Google would immediately alter the entire marketplace for the better by building Android Snitch into the next version of Android).