This is warden, just a better ui for exodus.
The app is over 2 years old but i feels like its worth a try
Warden: https://apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid/index/apk/com.aurora.warden
This app wants root and despite being open source according to that link, isnt in the official F-Droid repo. I’m skeptical about trusting it.
Warden is on Izzydroid, alternative fdroid repository
It wants root so it can disable trackers
It’s reasonable for an app like this to need root, but also reasonable for everyone to ask for third-party verification of anything they’re granting administrative access to their devices.
Izzydroid’s security policy appears to be primarily based around automated scans that enumerate badness, and has far fewer users than the official F-Droid repository making it less likely that problems will be noticed, reported, and acted on.
Is there more reputation information about this app available?
It’s from the same devs of aurora store, aurora droid
And really, so much talking and scepticism around a free and open source app, you can go and check the source, or at least read a review about it (though the app wasn’t update
OP is recommending a cool app to spark a conversation, but all the replies are just complaints
Cool people made a cool app, cool people are hosting an alternative fdroid repo so it’s easier and faster for devs to publish their projects for the world to see, and cool people found this app and decided to share with other people
But those people are just behaving like boomers and saying that everything around is fake, dangerous, and so on
If somebody cares for security, why would that person even have root in the first place, same with fdroid, if you care for security you shouldn’t use fdroid
Sorry if i’m being to rough, everything i said is not really addressed to you, i’m just being pissed by people not appreciating somebody’s will to start a nice conversation
P.s. the last update of this app was like 3 years ago, if somebody cares for security, they should never install an app that old, it’s not even about root or some policies
I’m not complaining. I’m asking for some evidence this app is trustworthy.
Security is not binary. Having root can be bad for security, but it doesn’t have to be especially if you’re careful about what apps you grant root to, which is the point of my original comment. Having root can also be a security benefit because it offers more opportunities for detecting and blocking harmful and privacy-invasive apps, as this app does (if it’s trustworthy).
I don’t think F-Droid with the official repositories is a negative for security either; I suspect it’s less likely to contain outright malware than Google Play, and I’m sure the average app on F-Droid is less likely to be privacy-invasive. Adding random repositories suggested by strangers on the internet can be a different story, and asking who can vouch for the one suggested in this thread seems like a reasonable mitigation to me.
My last comment wasn’t really addressed personally to you, sorry i sounded like that
Having root is almost never a security benefit, it allows you to close one hole, but opens up 10 new more
It means you have your bootloader unlocked, you have secure boot disabled which allows for persistent malware. Just having root by itself opens up many more remote, zero click, or just very dangerous exploits
F-droid is not secure, some of the issues had been resolved, but it’s still not recommended for best practices
Of course, everything depends on the thread model
I personally really like fdroid and izzy, and other custom repos. And root is a cool thing, although i don’t have it on my daily driver(but have on my test phone)
You can also try exodus and is more relevant
Tor, metamask, two gcams(no network permissions), librera(i tried avoiding using it because of this in the past), and element, schildi, openweather
Don’t have any stats but I do use tracker control. Having a Xiaomi tablet, I like that I can also extend functionality to system processes as well (at my own risk obviously).
There are other apps on F-Droid that use Exodus that do sort of the same. At least they do not ask for root.
Just as a heads up, Exodus is highly misleading
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