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  • Netguard also has a separate lockdown mode (which only enables a few apps, or none, to go through) that if toggled automatically based on connected network would enable you to dictate which apps can use untrusted networks.

    While there are lots of apps that automate some sort of action based on the name of the WiFi network, activating the lockdown mode in Netguard is more specific, and I doubted if it's even possible. To start, I came up with a Termux command invocation that toggles the lockdown mode in Netguard. After customizing the quick settings (near the notification area) this adb command confirms that this method for toggling Netguard's lockdown mode really works:

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    adb shell cmd statusbar click-tile eu.faircode.netguard/.WidgetLockdown
    
      

    Default Termux doesn't request the necessary permission which impeded the command from running, however:

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    java.lang.SecurityException: StatusBarManagerService: Neither user 10472 nor current process has android.permission.EXPAND_STATUS_BAR.
    
      

    So this is where I'm at, I could probably just use Tasker to like some people do to run the cmd statusbar command, but I also wanted to call some attention to the issue report on the Termux repository regarding this permission.

    EDIT: There's a high likelyhood it won't work on Tasker without root, and on termux it also wouldn't work even if you managed to request the permission.

  • For the record, in almost all versions of Android you can install apps in a isolated environment through Shelter. Apps in this environment get icons in your home screen just like the rest, but don't share the vpn/firewall connection that you might have active through RethinkDNS, among other things.

    You effectively have two sets of apps with different firewall settings. And if you figure out a way to automate the locking down of RethinkDNS (through something like Tasker or Schröder's Automation,) you would effectively have a mechanism that only lets the small number of apps in the isolated environment work while connected to an untrusted network.

  • XBrowserSync and Floccus don't sync to local files, unless you self-host the server or a webDAV respectively.

    Lofloccus makes it easy to spawn a local webDAV server (making Floccus save your bookmarks to local files) which I can then sync with rsync or Syncthing or whatever system I already like. It's only available for Windows and MacOS though.

  • Privacy @lemmy.ml
    liminal @lemmy.ml

    Your mobile device NEEDS firewall profiles

    Does the school you go to need to know that you have the Signal app installed on your phone, checking with the Signal servers in the background for new messages? Even if you chose to use a VPN to tunnel your traffic entirely, is there no other option but for your employer to witness you connected to a foreign VPN server? If you connected to a point at your home, even that could be interpreted that you have something hide.

    You could have two phones with different sets of apps in your pocket (one for “business” and one for everything else), but you if you don’t want that you have to ask:

    Is there a firewall for Android that can block your usual traffic from leaving the device, by turning on a specific profile based on something like the Wi-Fi name? There are quite a few traffic blockers, such as RethinkDNS, Netguard, or personalDNSfilter, but they assume you want to block the same set of traffic regardless of time and place.

    Dark Days Ahead Discussion @cdda.social
    liminal @lemmy.ml

    Can I see recipes I have all the requirements to craft?

    In my first world, as a new player, it's very, very hard to find recipes that use the few, common items I have. The crafting list is cluttered by more advanced items. I know it's not yet the full list as some recipes have to be learned, but it still takes checking a lot of recipes to find one I can make.

    Can it only show items I can make right now? Like the "Show craftable" recipe book button in Minecraft, if I'm allowed to compare this game to Minecraft.

    There could also be an option to see recipes I only lack 1 (or N) items for, so I can then have the goal to seek out the missing items.

    decentralized @lemmy.ml
    liminal @lemmy.ml

    What do you currently use IPFS for?

    cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/4956418

    I like the IPFS technology as an idea, I can pin my files I guess, but I don't know any communities or services that I wanna use that leverage IPFS.

    I was wondering what y'all are using.

    IPFS @lemmy.ml
    liminal @lemmy.ml

    What do you currently use IPFS for?

    I like the IPFS technology as an idea, I can pin my files I guess, but I don't know any communities or services that I wanna use that leverage IPFS.

    I was wondering what y'all are using.

  • I agree. If they're used solely as any other public forum. The problem is it supports the ecosystem of these platforms' faux private chats. Also if you have to create an account to view a public chat why not make it encrypted all the way? Matrix.org supports encrypted rooms.

    It's also ridiculous that you have to give a phone number to use any "type of public forum", telegram.