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Shelter
- Why Android developers no longer need Windows USB drivers
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Can apps send your data if it hasnt got network permissions?
After a while you just say "dang it, will not allow this anymore" and take the high road. If you are using one device for all purposes but need those paid and proprietary apps installed, consider running them within a different profile. There is a good floss app for that called [Shelter](https://gitea.angry.im/PeterCxy/Shelter) because on vanilla android this feature might not be possible for your phone (on Pixel phones for example android offers to use Google Work Profile but you need a special account for that). Shelter can create a work profile on your phone, you can install programs within your different profile. This might help a bit :)
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Shelter (version 427): Shelter is a Free and Open-Source (FOSS) app that leverages the "Work Profile" feature of Android to provide an isolated space that you can install or clone apps into.
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A.expense.MaliciousLoadSdk
You can get Shelter at F-Droid https://www.f-droid.org/packages/net.typeblog.shelter/ Or Github (Github package is outdated) https://github.com/PeterCxy/Shelter/releases/tag/1.6
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Cool Minma Icon with NothingPhone
Download app-release.apk https://github.com/PeterCxy/Shelter/releases
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My school is forcing its students to download a proprietary 2FA app. This is ridiculous.
For Android you don't even need to change your OS. You can install Shelter and use it to isolate the app.
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WhatsApp now works on four phones. Signal when?
There are Apps like Island, Shelter and Insular that allow you to (ab-)use these work profiles to provide sandboxed environments for specific apps, including the ability to have a separate instance of an app in each work profile sandbox.
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Yesterday my friend told me the bottom half of your iphone screams I USE LINUX BTW lol
Apps Isolated via Shelter for full privacy
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Microsoft tests Windows account menu error badge when Microsoft Account not used
If you are on an android phone what supports shelter[1], I can recommend installing "social" apps inside the shelter, and just sleep the apps when you don't use them.
In regards to windows, it feels to me as morphing into a solution for large corporations if disregarding the tabloid news while leaving private users just waiting for a friendly OS to be presented for them.
[1] https://github.com/PeterCxy/Shelter
Insular
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Please help me understand a few things about Shelter app
Acqkschually, Insular is not a fork of Shelter. See the official page https://gitlab.com/secure-system/Insular :P
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Yesterday my friend told me the bottom half of your iphone screams I USE LINUX BTW lol
And that's why they're isolated.
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Insular (version 6.0.5-e104be1b): Isolate your Big Brother apps
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Shelter VS Insular - a user suggested alternative
2 projects | 25 Jul 2022
“Insular” is a sandbox environment to clone selected apps and isolate them from accessing your personal data outside the sandbox
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FOSS replacement list for default apps
Insular is FLOSS. https://gitlab.com/secure-system/Insular
- DUMP YOUR PERIOD TRACKING APPS NOW!!!
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Work profile within secondary profile or is that not necessary?
You should ask at: - https://gitlab.com/secure-system/Insular/-/issues for Insular - https://lists.sr.ht/~petercxy/shelter or https://github.com/PeterCxy/Shelter/issues for Shelter
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Trusted Closed-Source Apps
Sennheiser SmartControl on the other hand lives in a separate space provided by Insular (GitLab), as it is the only app that can update the firmware of my headphones.
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Insular (version 5.5-404b5a48): Isolate your Big Brother apps
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What are some alternatives?
island - Island for Android
Obtainium - Get Android app updates straight from the source.
Insular - A sandbox environment to clone selected apps and isolate them from accessing your personal data outside the sandbox (including call logs, contacts, photos and etc) even if related permissions are granted. Device-bound data (SMS, IMEI and etc) is still accessible.
termux-app - Termux - a terminal emulator application for Android OS extendible by variety of packages.
DarQ - DarQ provides a per-app selectable force dark option for Android 10 and above
unlauncher - Android minimalistic launcher
android-foss - A list of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) for Android – saving Freedom and Privacy.
greenpass-android - Green Pass PDF Wallet Android App
waydroid - Waydroid uses a container-based approach to boot a full Android system on a regular GNU/Linux system like Ubuntu.
FreeDcam - FreeDcam is a CameraApp for Android >4.0(ics) wich try to enable stuff that is forgotten by the manufacturs
whatsapp - A Matrix-WhatsApp puppeting bridge
Simple-Draw - A canvas you can draw on with different colors.