add network monitoring section

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Daniel Micay 2020-03-02 05:38:23 -05:00
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<li><a href="#private-dns-visited">Does DNS-over-TLS (Private DNS) hide <li><a href="#private-dns-visited">Does DNS-over-TLS (Private DNS) hide
which sites are visited, etc.?</a></li> 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="#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> </ul>
</li> </li>
<li> <li>
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VPN implementations, there's also an additional "Block connections without VPN" toggle 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> 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"> <h2 id="day-to-day-use">
<a href="#day-to-day-use">Day to day use</a> <a href="#day-to-day-use">Day to day use</a>
</h2> </h2>