Not working on Lineage OS 15.1 / 16

[kasnder]

@bege10: BusinessCalendar2 allows to download school holiday calendars. This only works if I deactivate blocking for that app in TC. There are no trackers listed for that app in TC.
Additionally ProfiMail Go (mail client) does not connect correctly to t-online.de (IMAP, starts with a few folders and then hangs) and not at all to gmx.de (POP3, but there is a tracker listed for United Internet Media which hosts GMX). After deactivating blocking in TC all accounts work correct.

[bege10]

This issue has been solved with beta 12 and now returned with beta 13

[kasnder]

Sorry to hear that--will check!

[kasnder]

Could you check for me that the tracker category “Others” is disabled for this app?

Gmx domains will fall into this domain and the app will not work otherwise.

[bege10]

Do you mean category "Uncategorised"? That is the category the only entry (United Internet Media) is in.
If I unblock this GMX works. The other e-mail providers also work in this version.
I have mentioned BusinessCalendar2 in my first post. That works correct in beta 13, but another app has that problem: QuickDic (de.reimardoeffinger.quickdic at F-Droid) has not tracker listed but does not download dictionaries unless I deactivate blocking for that app.

[kasnder]

Thanks for confirming this.

Do you use the optional Adblocking feature?

If in doubt, you probably always disable blocking for an app entirely. The app should then circumvent the VPN tunnel and communicate directly with the Internet.

[bege10]

Do you use the optional Adblocking feature?

Is that "Block domain names" in advanced settings? No, I don't use that. I use AdAway for Adblocking.

If in doubt, you probably always disable blocking for an app entirely. The app should then circumvent the VPN tunnel and communicate directly with the Internet.

Why does TrackerControl block app connections if there is no tracker listed for that app?

[kasnder]

Why does TrackerControl block app connections if there is no tracker listed for that app?

Good question.. It shouldn't! I'll investigate!

[bege10]

The browsers Firefox klar and Cliqz now also have entries in the "Uncategorized" category:

• Amazon (Unblocked)
• Cloudflare
• jQuery Foundation
  Firefox has
• Cloudflare
• Mozilla

They all don't display downloads.lineageos.org if this category is active.

[kasnder]

I guess this is due to the way TrackerControl is programmed. It doesn’t really offer the level of granularity to help with tracking in web browsers.

[kasnder]

I’m sorry!

[bege10]

It is okay if TrackerControl is meant for apps only. So blocking should be disabled for browsers? Can TrackerControl recognize browsers and disable blocking for those by default?

[kasnder]

That’s a good point, and I really don’t know! Whilst users should be able to make their own choices—also regarding browsers, the problems with blocking certain apps are not clear from TrackerControl.

But then, where to draw the line, of what apps should be disabled by default, even beyond browsers? Ideas?

[bege10]

I just thought it would be good if TC could recognize browsers if it cannot handle browsers correctly anyway. I don't know if that is possible. If not, show a notification about that issue when installing TC.
That other apps are blocked without any listed trackers must be fixed IMO.