Over the past year a few new apps have gotten attention by the security & privacy community. Here are a few relatively new ones for your review:
1) Snoopwall:
Described by the company as "counterveillance anti-spyware software for consumers", SnoopWall is designed to block eavesdropping, protect the camera, microphone, GPS, Bluetooth, NFC, WiFi and "other high-risk data ports".
This app has been created in response to the poor permission control offered natively by Android over apps. As Facebook users have noted over the last few weeks, for example, their Android app is now demanding access to SMS / MMS, calendar events, and WiFi control. Users can also manage which ports are available to individual apps. "This privacy and security feature lets users disable the ability of individual apps to access sensitive, personally identifiable information such as geographic location and address book data," the company says.
The app is now available for download from Google Play, ( )
**Notice: The free version only notifies/reports the spying that is occurring on your device and by which app. The Paid version which supposedly costs around $1.29 /month will actively block
2) Xprivacy:
XPrivacy can prevent applications from leaking privacy sensitive data. XPrivacy can restrict the categories of data an application can access. This is done by feeding an application with no or fake data. There are several data categories which can be restricted, for example contacts or location. For example, if you restrict access to contacts for an application, this will result in sending an empty contact list to the application. Similarly, restricting an application's access to your location will result in a set location being sent to the application.
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3) Advanced Permissions Manager
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If you have experience with any of these please share your opinions and results.
