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NetGuard - A simple way to block access to the internet per app (netguard.me)

submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/privacy

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (2 children)

☞ "The development of TrackerControl was led by Konrad Kollnig (University of Oxford). The underlying network analysis functionality is provided by the NetGuard Firewall, developed by Marcel Bokhorst."

if you tried both, you would see that they are basically the same app.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Except TC includes a domain blocking list, so the filtering isn't just per app, but specific connections for that app (so you can block the ad trackers but allow the main server location for the app).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

you can do the same with netGuard 👍

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I'm gonna try it, ty