> certain apps like parking, or health etc., but all they seem to do is abuse the trust they are given, meaning I turn them off.
replyI've found that live activities on iOS helps with this quite a bit. Let's me keep notifications disabled on parking apps and DoorDash while still getting the tracking info I want in the live activity & dynamic island.
Otherwise, yeah, you just can't trust anyone to be respectful with notifications. Phone & a messages whitelist via focus modes are the only notifications I allow on my phone.
Apart from this, what is most needed in both platforms is an application firewall - not every app needs to be allowed to connect to the internet.
replyI can't believe this still isn't a thing outside of GrapheneOS. Being able to revoke network permissions is a fundamental security and privacy tool that's willfully left out of both Android and iOS.
replyThere's zero reason not to include it as a toggle.
On iOS it wouldn’t even be that hard. There’s already a toggle to disable use of cellular connectivity. Add a separate one for non-cellular (iPadOS can connect via Ethernet), and/or a “disallow all” toggle.
replyWe are partly there in spirit with App Transparency keeping track of the IPs and hostnames apps connect to.