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Phones already have app permissions: can access you contact, can access your location... But no major phone OS provides a reliable "can access the internet" pe
by jbombadil 3y ago
Phones already have app permissions: can access you contact, can access your location...
But no major phone OS provides a reliable "can access the internet" permission (without jailbreak/root). This would solve this issue much above the stack. I can install the dubious app. If the app can't access the internet at all (properly enforced by the OS) then by definition it can't leak anything.
I find it particularly disappointing from Apple. If they were truly committed to privacy as they claim, this would be a feature already.
- bluetidepro 3y agoThis would be the best feature ever.
- throitallaway 3y agoGrapheneOS has this function, and it's great. My phone is not rooted.
- hnburnsy 3y agoYeah my old One Plus phone I could block mobile and wifi data from any app of the phone. I don't know if Google is to blame here for this going away.
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- CharlesW 3y agoA temporary workaround is to turn off Wi-Fi and the Cellular Data permission for the app. Once you know what it’s trying to reach, you can block it with an iOS firewall or something like NextDNS.
- gotmedium 3y agoOn iOS you can disable cellular data and it won't allow the app to connect to the Internet, and you can work on Wifi Assist to remove cellular data even on wifi https://support.apple.com/guide/iphone/view-or-change-cellular-data-settings-iph3dd5f213/ios#:~:text=Go%20to%20Settings%20%3E%20Cellular%2C%20then%20turn%20Cellular%20Data%20on%20or,Assist%20is%20on%20by%20default https://support.apple.com/guide/iphone/view-or-change-cellul....
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- tinytuna 3y agoStrangely, iPhones sold in China have that option to block internet access for each app on Wi-Fi
- KomoD 3y agoI can do this on my Android phone, toggles for wifi, mobile data (for each sim) per app.