May 2019

After switching to a new smartphone which is not yet supported by LineageOS it was necessary to find other ways to protect my privacy and prevent Android, Google, installed apps and visited websites from calling home and snitching. After a quick search on F-Droid i found Blokada. This tool is simple and clever at the same time: It sets up a virtual VPN-Channel and therefore routes ALL (!) traffic through it. Traffic can be blocked if the called URL matches an entry of one of the many blacklists that are available within the software. You can whitelist apps that you...

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