Hey!
While figuring out a way to block the tracking capabilities of an Android App without rooting the device, I learnt about TrackerControl. Considering the security concerns of FDroid, this has been installed through Obtainium.
This application sets up VPN on your phone to function.
With this app, one can decide for every app installed on a phone if it should or should not connect to all or certain trackers.
The app is smart enough to categorize the URLs under Analytics, Essential, Fingerprinting, and Social. If any URL does not fall under any of those categories then it goes under Uncategorised.
Apart from the above categorization (or classification), there is another classification where, all the URLs are classified under a Organisation name.
The classification is based on certain lists, and few databases.
A user can BLOCK/UNBLOCK at two levels, either at Category level, or Domain level.
Let's take a scenario. In this scenario, "Authenticator", from Microsoft, will be used.
Complete Screenshot of the application:
Countries tab is interesting. It shows a map where the places to which the data is being sent is highlighted.
Notes:
1. Good chances are there for any application to break if they are being monitored. Ensure to allow only what is needed for the application to work.
2. Disable monitoring for every browser application.
While figuring out a way to block the tracking capabilities of an Android App without rooting the device, I learnt about TrackerControl. Considering the security concerns of FDroid, this has been installed through Obtainium.
This application sets up VPN on your phone to function.
With this app, one can decide for every app installed on a phone if it should or should not connect to all or certain trackers.
The app is smart enough to categorize the URLs under Analytics, Essential, Fingerprinting, and Social. If any URL does not fall under any of those categories then it goes under Uncategorised.
Apart from the above categorization (or classification), there is another classification where, all the URLs are classified under a Organisation name.
The classification is based on certain lists, and few databases.
A user can BLOCK/UNBLOCK at two levels, either at Category level, or Domain level.
Let's take a scenario. In this scenario, "Authenticator", from Microsoft, will be used.
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| This section lists the Tracker libraries that have been identified. |
| Toggle ON to enable monitoring. Toggle OFF to disable monitoring. | |
| Toggle ON to enable internet access to application. Toggle OFF to disable internet access to the application. | |
| Notice the Organisation level blocking. Only Microsoft is allowed to ensure the application works without any problems. | |
| Notice the uncategorised list of domains. |
Complete Screenshot of the application:
Countries tab is interesting. It shows a map where the places to which the data is being sent is highlighted.
Notes:
1. Good chances are there for any application to break if they are being monitored. Ensure to allow only what is needed for the application to work.
2. Disable monitoring for every browser application.