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Marlinspike's Droid Firewall Kills Tracking

Posted by timothy on from the knock-knock-who's-there? dept.

mask.of.sanity writes "The first dynamic Android firewall, dubbed WhisperMonitor, has been released by respected security researcher Moxie Marlinspike. The firewall will allow users to stop location-tracking apps and restrict connection attempts by applications. Marlinspike, whose company created the application, designed WhisperMonitor in response to the incidence of location tracking and malware on Android platforms. It monitors all outbound connection attempts by applications and the operating system, and asks users to permit or block any URLs and port numbers that are accessed."

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  1. Droidwall already did a good job at it by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

    Not dynamic, but allows you to setup white/black lists of application to access 3g or wifi network.
    Does a good job. You just have to remember to add new apps to the white list of you want to allow them access to a network.

    http://code.google.com/p/droidwall/

  2. Re:Only for Nexus by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

    The 'installer' wipes your ROM and replaces it with their own. It isn't an app installer.