Pcapdroid is a very good alternative that allows to see which connections are made from what app to what server and at what time.
You just leave it in background, check one day later and see what sneaky app you never thought of have been sending tons of data in the background.
For me it helped me remove and search alternative for 4 apps, including a pill reminder (mytherapy). I would never have thought the trade-off to be reminded to take vitamin would be to constantly spy on me and sell all my data. Had i known, I would have put a reminder in my calendar.
anyway, it's not the same as netguard. Pcapdroid helps to identify bad application that you can either remove, or if not possible, use netguard later on to block.
> it can block, i think it's a 'donation' feature.
Oh, interesting, I didn't know.
A pity that you have to purchase it on the Play Store
> anyway, it's not the same as netguard. Pcapdroid helps to identify bad application that you can either remove, or if not possible, use netguard later on to block.
Well, almost all closed-source apps, and especially many system applications, send data out all the time; blocklisting rather than whitelisting is not a great strategy.
NetGuard allows exporting to PCAP as well, anyhow, as a paid feature
I want to be able to open word and excel file on my phone, but i don't want to give microsoft access to everything on my phone including dick pics, sextape, bank sheet and other personal data.
Because android allows such bad practice, blocking internet access can be usefull.
You just leave it in background, check one day later and see what sneaky app you never thought of have been sending tons of data in the background.
For me it helped me remove and search alternative for 4 apps, including a pill reminder (mytherapy). I would never have thought the trade-off to be reminded to take vitamin would be to constantly spy on me and sell all my data. Had i known, I would have put a reminder in my calendar.