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thewebguydyesterday at 8:40 PM1 replyview on HN

I can't believe this still isn't a thing outside of GrapheneOS. Being able to revoke network permissions is a fundamental security and privacy tool that's willfully left out of both Android and iOS.

There's zero reason not to include it as a toggle.


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TheNewsIsHereyesterday at 8:51 PM

On iOS it wouldn’t even be that hard. There’s already a toggle to disable use of cellular connectivity. Add a separate one for non-cellular (iPadOS can connect via Ethernet), and/or a “disallow all” toggle.

We are partly there in spirit with App Transparency keeping track of the IPs and hostnames apps connect to.