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thisislife2yesterday at 8:33 PM1 replyview on HN

Apart from this, what is most needed in both platforms is an application firewall - not every app needs to be allowed to connect to the internet.


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thewebguydyesterday at 8:40 PM

I can't believe this still isn't a thing outside of GrapheneOS. Being able to revoke network permissions is a fundamental security and privacy tool that's willfully left out of both Android and iOS.

There's zero reason not to include it as a toggle.

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