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How secure is Android Phones Application? I noticed that almost all Android Phone Applications connect to the internet automatically. Beside that, most of them run in the background without the user knowing about it. They have access to your phone contacts,messages,browsing history, call history,location and most other things you cannot even imagine.

For someone that like privacy, is there any application that can prevent them from starting and also connecting to the internet automatically?

chrishenzo: How secure is Android Phones Application? I noticed that almost all Android Phone Applications connect to the internet automatically. Beside that, most of them run in the background without the user knowing about it. They have access to your phone contacts,messages,browsing history, call history,location and most other things you cannot even imagine.

For someone that like privacy, is there any application that can prevent them from starting and also connecting to the internet automatically?

droidwall

joeydozzy:

droidwall

Thank you my bro. Thats all oh Download droidwall from the market.

open it and select the apps u want internet access for 3G networks. save the log and enable the firewall.

Nothing else will have access apart from the apps you specified,even if background sync and automatic sync is on on your account and sync option in your phone settings.

On my glo sim i only provide access to opera mobile,watsapp and gmail.

joeydozzy: droidwall

Thanks guys. I guess some companies will hate you guys for leaking this information to me

forgot to mention, for droidwall to work, your mobile has to be rooted.