Re:Tracking my phone's silent connections
by shostack on Sunday February 24, 2019 @05:14PM
(#19240970)
Serious question--how does one verify the security and privacy of something like NoRoot Firewall?
It wants:
- have full network access
- view network connections
- run at startup
That's a pretty serious list of permissions to consider giving something that while it would seemingly be beneficial, is also a great vector into my phone activity for a malicious actor (not accusing them of being such btw).
Re:Tracking my phone's silent connections
by A2017U1 on Sunday February 24, 2019 @05:45PM
(#19241129)
Netguard is an equivalent Android app, it is open source and available on fdroid / play store. The fdroid version has to match the source. I'm not sure how play store builds work.
It wants: - have full network access - view network connections - run at startup
That's a pretty serious list of permissions to consider giving something that while it would seemingly be beneficial, is also a great vector into my phone activity for a malicious actor (not accusing them of being such btw).