Top 3 anti-surveillance Open-Source Projects

1. rethink-app

   1 93 3,307 9.5 Kotlin

   DNS over HTTPS / DNS over Tor / DNSCrypt client, WireGuard proxifier, firewall, and connection tracker for Android.

   

   Project mention: NetGuard – rootless Android outbound per-app OSS firewall, like LittleSnitch | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-10-23

   Similar but open source: https://github.com/celzero/rethink-app

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3. Insular

   2 16 94 0.0 Java

   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.

   

4. Insular

   3 14 - -

   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)

   Project mention: Reverse Engineering Ticketmaster's Rotating Barcodes | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-07-08

   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

anti-surveillance related posts

• Reverse Engineering Ticketmaster's Rotating Barcodes

  1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 8 Jul 2024

• No app, no entry: How the digital world is failing the non tech-savvy

  1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 24 Aug 2023

• ILPT Request: there’s an app called Fetch that lets you scan your receipts for rewards. Hypothetically, if one worked in customer service, such as a grocery store, could you take a bunch of receipts that customers didn’t want and scan them for yourself?

  1 project | /r/IllegalLifeProTips | 9 May 2023

• Please help me understand a few things about Shelter app

  1 project | /r/PrivacyGuides | 29 Apr 2023

• Disable Gmail work notifications after specific time

  1 project | /r/androidapps | 17 Apr 2023

• Any app to block apps from running in the background in 2022?

  1 project | /r/androidapps | 2 Jan 2023

• "Can't set up device Contact your IT admin for help"

  1 project | /r/AndroidQuestions | 10 Dec 2022
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