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About Android and privacy (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by Yoru@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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so Android is mostly developed by google so I assume it also sends a lot of data over to google. Is there an OS that's privacy respecting?

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[–] LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.one 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The problem I've found with NetGuard is you can't use it alongside your VPN

[–] merde@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

i didn't try but i remember reading this:

NetGuard is a firewall application, so there is no intention to add VPN support. However, NetGuard supports a SOCKS5 proxy to chain VPN applications. You can find one possible community contributed solution here.

[–] LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago

Oh, interesting! I'll have to research this.

[–] thecam@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I wish more VPN apps had firewall settings built into it.