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Android Security

Why should you improve Android security?

Every operating system is vulnerable to malware and exploits. In the past, we've witnessed zero-click vulnerabilities that can be exploited without any user interaction.

This highlights the need for security software that can monitor network connections, file changes, and program executions to keep your device secure.

Antimalware solution

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Provides advanced malware protection and exploit detection.

Sophos Intercept X for Mobile (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sophos.smsec)

💯 Can scan system apps, external storage, detect Potentially Unwanted Apps (PUAs) and verify App reputation.

💯 Web Filtering + Link Checker

🔥 Wi-Fi Protection (Detects ARP spoofing, Captive portals, Website Content manipulation, SSL interception and SSL striping).

Note: Requires Android 8.0 and above (2017 or newer devices may support it)

Firewall solution

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Provides superior firewall and network control.

Rethink (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.celzero.bravedns)

💯 Firewall to fully control application network connectivity.

💯 DNS to block unwanted network calls (very effective against malware, phishing and advertising).

Note: Requires Android 6.0 and above (2015 or newer devices may support it)

NextDNS (https://nextdns.io/)

💯 Threat Intelligence Feeds, AI-Driven Threat Detection, Block Newly Registered Domains (NRDs), Block Parked Domains...

💯 Blocks ads & trackers using the most popular blocklists available.

Useful: https://help.nextdns.io/t/m1hmv0k/which-setup-type-to-use

App isolation

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For added security, isolate apps on the Android work profile where they can't access your common user apps, photos, files, or videos.

🧊 Shelter (https://f-droid.org/packages/net.typeblog.shelter/)

Note: Better in privacy (Block Contacts Searching)

Note: Requires Android 7.0 and above (2016 or newer devices may support it)

📦 Insular (https://f-droid.org/packages/com.oasisfeng.island.fdroid/)

Note: Better in security (Option to prohibit ADB access)

Note: Requires Android 8.1 and above (2017 or newer devices may support it)

Tip

More on: https://secure-system.gitlab.io/Insular/faq.html

Web browsers

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Web browsers with better security or privacy than Google Chrome.

🦁 Brave Browser (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.brave.browser)

Note: Better in privacy (https://privacytests.org/)

Note: Requires Android 9 and above (2018 or newer devices may support it)

🪟 Edge Browser (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.microsoft.emmx)

Note: Better in security (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/deployedge/microsoft-edge-security-browse-safer)

Note: Requires Android 8.0 and above (2017 or newer devices may support it)