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authorDaniel Micay <danielmicay@gmail.com>2020-03-02 05:38:23 -0500
committerDaniel Micay <danielmicay@gmail.com>2020-03-02 05:38:23 -0500
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add network monitoring section
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<li><a href="#private-dns-visited">Does DNS-over-TLS (Private DNS) hide
which sites are visited, etc.?</a></li>
<li><a href="#vpn-support">What kind of VPN and Tor support is available?</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#network-monitoring">Can apps monitor network connections or
+ statistics?</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
@@ -471,6 +473,19 @@
VPN implementations, there's also an additional "Block connections without VPN" toggle
which is needed to prevent leaks when the app's VPN service isn't running.</p>
+ <h3 id="network-monitoring">
+ <a href="#network-monitoring">Can apps monitor network connections or statistics?</a>
+ </h3>
+
+ <p>Apps cannot monitor network connections unless they're made into the active VPN
+ service by the user. Apps cannot normally access network stats and cannot directly
+ request access to them. However, app-based stats can be explicitly granted by users as
+ part of access to app usage stats in Settings ➔ Apps &amp; notifications ➔ Special app
+ access ➔ Usage access.</p>
+
+ <p>This was previously part of the GrapheneOS privacy improvements, but became a
+ standard Android feature with Android 10.</p>
+
<h2 id="day-to-day-use">
<a href="#day-to-day-use">Day to day use</a>
</h2>