Googles decision to give all apps full network access to "improve user experience" was the worst thing that happened to security and privacy.
On Android you can do exactly that with an app like NoRoot firewall:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.greyshirts...
For example it helped me find a trustworthy e-mail client (K-mail) by only allowing network access to my email server.
Re:Modern Android is pretty secure
by anticonformist on Thursday July 02, 2020 @05:22PM
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That is cool but now you're relying on some random third-party app developer for your security/privacy. Even if they're good people, there's nothing to stop them from selling it to some jerk that will enable their own apps to bypass it and/or enable other shady developers to bypass it for money.
This kind of software can also be difficult to get right. There may be ways to easily bypass it.
If Google did this, I'd seriously consider going back to Android.
Re:Modern Android is pretty secure
by entha_saava on Friday July 03, 2020 @07:59AM
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There appear to be at least one open source thing that does the same: netguard
It would be cool if app stores showed which apps require network access and which don't.