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Android owners - Get TrackerControl (f-droid.org)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Title.

There's also a version on the Play Store, but you should definitely get the F-Droid version. It's the one with the full features enabled.

It lets you fully block some apps' access to the internet, including system apps. Depending on your phone manufacturer, like Xiaomi and Samsung, they can be extremely invasive and show ads on your stock apps.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

These types of apps are great. Unfortunately they use a VPN to limit apps' Internet usage, which means I can't use it at the same time as a vpn. I have tailscale running 24/7 on my phone, so it's either this app, or tailscale.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I use Rethink DNS, which you can use either as a vpn app, or just as a customisable dns.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Interesting app, but it has the same problem. I can't use a vpn at the same time.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You can just use your dns setting in your Android dns settings, and then you can use a vpn too. It'll be up to the vpn whether it respects the dns or not.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I see. But then you don't get the firewall functionality of these privacy apps.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You get some of it, as the blocklists contain the domains these apps connect to. Like adblocks. Not as refined as a fw, but you can use a vpn at the same time and it doesn't impact the battery.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Makes sense. Unfortunately doesn't fix my use case. I want to block apps from accessing the Internet and use a VPN at the same time.