Your mobile device NEEDS firewall profiles
from liminal@lemmy.ml to privacy@lemmy.ml on 02 Mar 16:16
https://lemmy.ml/post/26648039

Does the school you go to need to know that you have the Signal app installed on your phone, checking with the Signal servers in the background for new messages? Even if you chose to use a VPN to tunnel your traffic entirely, is there no other option but for your employer to witness you connected to a foreign VPN server? If you connected to a point at your home, even that could be interpreted that you have something hide.

You could have two phones with different sets of apps in your pocket (one for “business” and one for everything else), but you if you don’t want that you have to ask:

Is there a firewall for Android that can block your usual traffic from leaving the device, by turning on a specific profile based on something like the Wi-Fi name? There are quite a few traffic blockers, such as RethinkDNS, Netguard, or personalDNSfilter, but they assume you want to block the same set of traffic regardless of time and place.

#privacy

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LodeMike@lemmy.today on 02 Mar 16:52 next collapse

VPN dependent on WiFi?

xorollo@leminal.space on 02 Mar 17:19 next collapse

Do not connect to work or school WiFi networks?

whostosay@lemmy.world on 02 Mar 20:44 collapse

Hey that’s my solution

hakunawazo@lemmy.world on 03 Mar 12:44 collapse

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RandomUser@lemmy.world on 02 Mar 17:32 next collapse

Surely the simplest approach is not to use a wifi ssid that you don’t trust. Yes, mobile broadband is slower and more expensive, but is also more under your control, it is however harder for your boss to monitor.

If I was an it manager I’d probably want to keep an eye on WiFi traffic, even on the open ssid, just to see what’s going on. I don’t trust free WiFi.

If you can’t use 4/5g, and can’t find a suitable firewall or VPN, can you set up a different user on your phone? - and be disciplined in is use.

ReversalHatchery@beehaw.org on 02 Mar 17:33 next collapse

fuck all the bosses that would try to excert control over my phone

9tr6gyp3@lemmy.world on 02 Mar 17:45 next collapse

GrapheneOS has the profiles that you are asking for. Configure them how you want.

GrapheneOS- Features

bad_news@lemmy.billiam.net on 02 Mar 18:21 collapse

Yeah, Graphene is really great

aguasemgas@lemmy.eco.br on 02 Mar 20:06 next collapse

That’s something that always bother me (Especially with Android), why that fuck can I not choose which networks can my apps access if access at all??? Is my device damn it! And I know Android supports is just locked away from users

Coldmoon@sh.itjust.works on 02 Mar 22:00 next collapse

Just fire up a VPN

stinky@redlemmy.com on 02 Mar 22:13 next collapse

is this post a question?

liminal@lemmy.ml on 02 Mar 23:09 collapse

It’s me asking if there’s any firewall out there that supports profiles. I’ve learnt graphene has this functionality, that’s become one option to go with.

dutchkimble@lemy.lol on 03 Mar 06:32 next collapse

If you do use a firewall, and then use a VPN, your connection to a VPN server will still show up right?

MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml on 03 Mar 12:58 collapse

Afwall+ (paid version) has tasker integration i think?