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Pcapdroid is a very good alternative that allows to see which connections are made from what app to what server and at what time. You just leave it in backgrou

Pcapdroid is a very good alternative that allows to see which connections are made from what app to what server and at what time. You just leave it in background, check one day later and see what sneaky app you never thought of have been sending tons of data in the background. For me it helped me remove and search alternative for 4 apps, including a pill reminder (mytherapy). I would never have thought the trade-off to be reminded to take vitamin would be to constantly spy on me and sell all my data. Had i known, I would have put a reminder in my calendar.

g-b-r 2y ago
Except that... that doesn't block anything??
- octygen 2y ago
  Yeah, but you can just uninstall offenders
  - g-b-r 2y ago
    With a firewall you can keep using them, instead (and maybe only let through some of the traffic)
  - aucisson_masque 2y ago
    What about microsoft office ? I want to be able to open word and excel file on my phone, but i don't want to give microsoft access to everything on my phone including dick pics, sextape, bank sheet and other personal data. Because android allows such bad practice, blocking internet access can be usefull.
- aucisson_masque 2y ago
  it can block, i think it's a 'donation' feature. anyway, it's not the same as netguard. Pcapdroid helps to identify bad application that you can either remove, or if not possible, use netguard later on to block.
  - g-b-r 2y ago
    > it can block, i think it's a 'donation' feature. Oh, interesting, I didn't know. A pity that you have to purchase it on the Play Store > anyway, it's not the same as netguard. Pcapdroid helps to identify bad application that you can either remove, or if not possible, use netguard later on to block. Well, almost all closed-source apps, and especially many system applications, send data out all the time; blocklisting rather than whitelisting is not a great strategy. NetGuard allows exporting to PCAP as well, anyhow, as a paid feature
miroljub 2y ago
Netguard does the same. You can see a per-app list of connections. Furthermore, you can many hosts either globally, or on an app level.
baby_souffle 2y ago
> including a pill reminder (mytherapy) This is an app you wanted to replace? Or this is one of the apps that you found to be a good replacement? (I am also looking for a basic medication reminder/logging app)
- aucisson_masque 2y ago
  no that's the rogue app. i checked on the play store, all full of trackers. open source is great but always having issue, either it lacks functionalities or it's buggy. at the end, i decided i could put a reminder on my phone and be done with that.
boneitis 2y ago
Thanks for chiming in; I will probably try this out in the near future and see what insights I can glean. Kind of wish there was more discussion about solutions for rooted devices and how much unwanted traffic is already blocked by AdAway (in rooted mode).

g-b-r 2y ago

Except that... that doesn't block anything??

octygen 2y ago
Yeah, but you can just uninstall offenders
- g-b-r 2y ago
  With a firewall you can keep using them, instead (and maybe only let through some of the traffic)
- aucisson_masque 2y ago
  What about microsoft office ? I want to be able to open word and excel file on my phone, but i don't want to give microsoft access to everything on my phone including dick pics, sextape, bank sheet and other personal data. Because android allows such bad practice, blocking internet access can be usefull.
aucisson_masque 2y ago
it can block, i think it's a 'donation' feature. anyway, it's not the same as netguard. Pcapdroid helps to identify bad application that you can either remove, or if not possible, use netguard later on to block.
- g-b-r 2y ago
  > it can block, i think it's a 'donation' feature. Oh, interesting, I didn't know. A pity that you have to purchase it on the Play Store > anyway, it's not the same as netguard. Pcapdroid helps to identify bad application that you can either remove, or if not possible, use netguard later on to block. Well, almost all closed-source apps, and especially many system applications, send data out all the time; blocklisting rather than whitelisting is not a great strategy. NetGuard allows exporting to PCAP as well, anyhow, as a paid feature

miroljub 2y ago

Netguard does the same. You can see a per-app list of connections. Furthermore, you can many hosts either globally, or on an app level.

baby_souffle 2y ago

> including a pill reminder (mytherapy) This is an app you wanted to replace? Or this is one of the apps that you found to be a good replacement? (I am also looking for a basic medication reminder/logging app)

aucisson_masque 2y ago
no that's the rogue app. i checked on the play store, all full of trackers. open source is great but always having issue, either it lacks functionalities or it's buggy. at the end, i decided i could put a reminder on my phone and be done with that.

boneitis 2y ago

Thanks for chiming in; I will probably try this out in the near future and see what insights I can glean. Kind of wish there was more discussion about solutions for rooted devices and how much unwanted traffic is already blocked by AdAway (in rooted mode).