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Re:Tracking Phones, Google Is a Dragnet for the Police by rando444 on Sunday April 14, 2019 @03:57AM (#19658124)
You can probably find one in the app store just based on reviews.

Pretty much all "no root firewalls" work the same way.. The software pretends to be a VPN client in order to get the network traffic and filter it.

Since you're letting the software have control over all your network traffic, make sure you trust the software manufacturer.

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Re:Tracking Phones, Google Is a Dragnet for the Police by JohnFen on Monday April 15, 2019 @04:44PM (#19668740)
> The software pretends to be a VPN client in order to get the network traffic and filter it.

This is why I stick with root firewalls -- I also use a VPN, and I don't think you can have your Android device use more than one VPN at a time (without rooting it).

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