I miss when Network Access was an authorisation you could restrict to some apps.
Yes you can monitor which app eats what, and probably circumvent this with a vpn layer, but sometimes I just wish I would be able to pause an app's access to the net
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GOS let's you set network access
I remember some particular apps not liking that one. Basically it exposes the permission that's otherwise always granted, and if the developers didn't make a catch all for network errors, the app crashes. Mobile data usage → allow network access favors better in that regard.
If the apps don't work without network access and they don't have an obvious need for network access, then I don't want them on my phone. If that's the case, then either app is poorly made or it is being used to spy on people with unnecessary telemetry.
In my case it was soundcore's app (no, openscq30 didn't work), so it had a need for network access to update the firmware, for example, I just didn't want to give it at the moment. As for being poorly made, also not exactly: as I've mentioned, android gives this permission by default, and it's reasonable to assume it stays so. Graphene basically "breaks userspace" here.
Not only this, but AFAIK grapheneos allowing you to block this permission is one of the main reasons why google refuses to "certify" the os for some things (like GPay).
I use NetGuard for this.
https://github.com/M66B/NetGuard
I tried it for a while, but I also use a VPN and you can't set both
Just dled this. Works great for blocking my Bluetooth rv control app from asking me to make an account!
https://lineageos.org/
Yes, that would be a great feature for Privacy and Control
Karma firewall?
Same as netguard, so it can't be used while another VPN connection is in use
Ohhh. I C. Also I realized it's not functional on recent versions.