Apple expands commitment to protect users from mercenary spyware

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  • Netguard

    Discontinued A simple way to block access to the internet per app

  • Android exposes a soft VPN API that firewall apps can use to block network traffic for certain apps in certain scenarios (say, no Google Play updates when on mobile data) with apps like Netguard [1].

    Does iOS not expose such functionality? Surely there's some kind of VPN API?

    [1]: https://github.com/M66B/NetGuard

  • calyxos

  • > Perhaps more importantly, I see no mention of any facility for network monitoring.

    They intend to build a comprehensive netmon: https://gitlab.com/CalyxOS/calyxos/-/issues/349

    Right now, they've got an ebpf-based firewall: https://calyxos.org/docs/tech/datura-details/

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    The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

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  • session-desktop

    Session Desktop - Onion routing based messenger

  • I recommend session now.

    https://getsession.org/

    It doesn't require creating an account and giving up your phone number.

    They use the same signal protocol with better trade off in terms of security and privacy.

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