Recently I’ve discovered ShizuWall and its essentially an app firewall that doesnt use VPN slot or root but Shizuku on android still might get leaky but this could mean using it alongside a standard vpn. Is this a viable option for those stuck on stock android?
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I read somewhere that some apps can still send data back over shared services, even if you use a firewall on Android. Someone who is actually knowledgeable should confirm whether I’m right or wrong tho.
why not use Rethink if you want a firewall alongside a VPN?
I find RethinkDNS more reliable. On my phone, sometimes Android kills Shizuku so you know what would happen in this scenario.
With a system VPN solution, like RDNS you can enable “Always-on VPN” (something like that), so it works as some sort of “kill switch”, but I don’t know how reliable is it.
And on the other side, if the app gets compromised it may result with some serious consequences, since Shizuku can give access to very sensitive stuff; compared to RDNS where you only have to grant VPN permissions and that’s it.