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. (by secure-system)
midway
A rudimentary middleware for port 80 and port 443 over tcp (by celzero)

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For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
Insular
Posts with mentions or reviews of Insular.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-04-07.
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Reverse Engineering Ticketmaster's Rotating Barcodes
If anyone is in the situation that they need to put an untrustworthy app on their android device, the "work profile" feature can segment it off further.
Insular is an app that lets you create and manage one of these profiles on the device itself: https://gitlab.com/secure-system/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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⟳ 2 apps added, 51 updated at f-droid.org
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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⟳ 4 apps added, 59 updated at f-droid.org
Insular (version 5.5-404b5a48): Isolate your Big Brother apps
midway
Posts with mentions or reviews of midway.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-12-11.
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Show HN: WalledGarden – A SIM You Control (RBI/GeoAuth/VPN/NGFW/Socks/Pcap/SDX)
[2] https://rethinkdns.com - if this is something our users value, and given https://archive.md/slpZ9, we'll donate to support them.
- RethinkDNS – Configurable Private DNS and Firewall for Android
- Adblock mobile
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24 June 2023 - Weekend Chat Thread
Coba rethink dns.
- Eure Gründe, dass ihr Android/iOS benutzt
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Thoughts on RethinkDNS. Firewall, Privacy, Ads, all-in-one app for privacy.
Hi, I've been using RethinkDNS https://rethinkdns.com/ for a few days, and for now it's something quite good for what I've seen so far.
- What else can I do to have better digital privacy on my Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra?
- Private DNS with adblock and barely any downtime
- foss browser vs brave/firefox
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blitz down?
i changed this to rethinkdns.com they are reliable and also they care on privacy..//
What are some alternatives?
When comparing Insular and midway you can also consider the following projects:
Shelter - 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.
afwall - AFWall+ (Android Firewall +) - iptables based firewall for Android
Obtainium - Get Android app updates straight from the source.
ssl-proxy - :lock: Simple zero-config SSL reverse proxy with real autogenerated certificates (LetsEncrypt, self-signed, provided)
unlauncher - Android minimalistic launcher
serverless-dns - The RethinkDNS resolver that deploys to Cloudflare Workers, Deno Deploy, Fastly, and Fly.io

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