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Simple Mobile Tools bought by ZipoApps? · Issue #241 · SimpleMobileTools/General-Discussion (github.com)

submitted 11 months ago by pootriarch@poptalk.scrubbles.tech to c/degoogle@lemmy.ml

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with the simple tools suite being sold to a purveyor of non-foss things, remind me of your favorite lists of recommended apps? i was using simple contacts and am not immediately sure of a good replacement. i would want one without internet permissions, which was why i disabled the google builtin.

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[–] Guest_User@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Netguard firewall can block the internet access for apps that shouldn't need it

[–] PixeIOrange@feddit.de 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

TrackerControl on FDroid can even block trackers in apps that need internet.

[–] Guest_User@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

This one is new to me. Looks solid, testing it out now. Thanks for sharing!