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| author | Daniel Micay <danielmicay@gmail.com> | 2020-03-02 05:38:23 -0500 |
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| committer | Daniel Micay <danielmicay@gmail.com> | 2020-03-02 05:38:23 -0500 |
| commit | 7228d6ade3124f81330e23074ee45d067692c922 (patch) | |
| tree | 7d56e840da7dbde0b04a80e96c09a62111f1d0e9 /static | |
| parent | 24bee26d40ef7cca60c3a6cfb8f6407c8be2a06e (diff) | |
add network monitoring section
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| -rw-r--r-- | static/faq.html | 15 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/static/faq.html b/static/faq.html index 9fc75f18..f50e420f 100644 --- a/static/faq.html +++ b/static/faq.html @@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ <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 & 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> |
