I know, I'm running a beta version of the coming Android 11.

Still, it's impossible to install the app via F-Droid.

The error message is: 'Error installing TrackerControl.

Failed to install due to an unknown error.'

Please let me know if I can help further in any way.

I updated to version 2021.05.05 (the latest available on f-droid) and while enjoying the new domain-based block/allow, the app crashed and two things happened:

1 all known companies in the apps reverted to 'last week' (but if you click in the apps you can see the selected domains being blocked so the error is just about on the main page)

2 a specific app (which I would rather not mention here due to privacy) makes tracker control crash whenever from the main page I press on it to see what is being blocked. Once it crashes a message appears where I can send an email to the devs with what happened. Does it contain any log or what? I didn't send anything as I wasn't sure what the message would contain.

Is there a way I can tell you the name of the app privately?(maybe through private message or email?

You just decided to disable browsers,email and others (including disabling blocking of all apps entirely???) whether I'd gone to the trouble of configuring them or not with no prompt to the user unless they happened to read the changelog and no prompt to backup the existing choices FIRST? Now I get to redo all of last week's tweaking because the last backup was on the 15th. Not well done. It looks like even restoring a backup left many unblocked. Now my list of trackers has reset to 0 on every app. If you are not backing up my choices of what to enable/disable and the list of trackers found what the heck ARE you backing up? The handful of app settings?

A browse of the NETGUARD_.xml file shows it only tracks the apps you totally disabled blocking of...none of the ones where you partially allowed content. Why is the backup file called Netguard instead of TrackerControl? I've been recommending this app to my friends but I'll make sure to tell them not to upgrade unless they want to start OVER.

..and every time I restore from a backup you 1) turn blocking of all apps off(slider at top of app) and turn off browsers, email, bluetooth and half a dozen others I had just finished resetting to ENABLED AGAIN which are NOT listed in the backup.

What a charlie foxtrot.

First of all, thanks for this software!

Looks like this app is translated into other languages, but there's no option for change it on settings. This would be very helpful because the app not always recognize the language correctly.

On my Samsung Galaxy S5 Plus (SM-G901F), LineageOS for microG 16 (Android 9) I have ~500MB free RAM. TrackerControl uses 200 of it. This is much more than any other app uses and far too much to work smoothly with the phone. Is there a chance to significantly reduce the RAM usage? Or any other solution for phones with limited RAM?

Wireshark is listing trackers that the app is showing were blocked. Does that mean these requests are bypassing tracker control?

Phone connected to Laptop Wifi Hotspot (Connectify)

Wireshark monitoring the Hotspot device.

Tracker Control showing trackers for app "Force Stop Apps" as blocked.

Tracker Control Log shows all of these as successfully blocked: *umeng.com, *doubleclick.net, *googleapis.com, *googlesyndication.com

Wireshark is seeing all of these listings that the app shows as blocked.

Wireshark output:

No. Time Source Destination Protocol Length Info 4055 5828.281084 LAPTOP-JPYKT433.local 192.168.137.77 UDP 209 clearvisn(2052) → 40706 Len=167

Frame 4055: 209 bytes on wire (1672 bits), 209 bytes captured (1672 bits) on interface \Device\NPF_{B334E7E7-7FF2-4B64-A567-712128244301}, id 0 Ethernet II, Src: LAPTOP-JPYKT433.local (0e:54:15:75:2c:77), Dst: ea:8f:ff:16:ce:e2 (ea:8f:ff:16:ce:e2) Internet Protocol Version 4, Src: LAPTOP-JPYKT433.local (192.168.137.1), Dst: 192.168.137.77 (192.168.137.77) User Datagram Protocol, Src Port: clearvisn (2052), Dst Port: 40706 (40706) Data (167 bytes)

0000 04 6d 81 80 00 01 00 03 00 01 00 00 05 75 6c 6f .m...........ulo 0010 67 73 05 75 6d 65 6e 67 03 63 6f 6d 00 00 1c 00 gs.umeng.com.... 0020 01 c0 0c 00 05 00 01 00 00 01 2c 00 21 05 75 6c ..........,.!.ul 0030 6f 67 73 05 75 6d 65 6e 67 03 63 6f 6d 03 67 64 ogs.umeng.com.gd 0040 73 0a 61 6c 69 62 61 62 61 64 6e 73 c0 18 c0 2d s.alibabadns...- 0050 00 05 00 01 00 00 00 bf 00 09 06 61 6c 6f 67 75 ...........alogu 0060 73 c0 12 c0 5a 00 05 00 01 00 00 00 3c 00 09 06 s...Z.......<... 0070 61 6c 6f 67 75 73 c0 33 c0 3d 00 06 00 01 00 00 alogus.3.=...... 0080 00 62 00 23 06 67 64 73 6e 73 31 c0 41 04 6e 6f .b.#.gdsns1.A.no 0090 6e 65 00 78 4a 19 21 00 00 07 08 00 00 02 58 00 ne.xJ.!.......X. 00a0 00 0e 10 00 00 01 68 ......h

No. Time Source Destination Protocol Length Info 4056 5828.283151 LAPTOP-JPYKT433.local 192.168.137.77 UDP 490 clearvisn(2052) → 35979 Len=448

Frame 4056: 490 bytes on wire (3920 bits), 490 bytes captured (3920 bits) on interface \Device\NPF_{B334E7E7-7FF2-4B64-A567-712128244301}, id 0 Ethernet II, Src: LAPTOP-JPYKT433.local (0e:54:15:75:2c:77), Dst: ea:8f:ff:16:ce:e2 (ea:8f:ff:16:ce:e2) Internet Protocol Version 4, Src: LAPTOP-JPYKT433.local (192.168.137.1), Dst: 192.168.137.77 (192.168.137.77) User Datagram Protocol, Src Port: clearvisn (2052), Dst Port: 35979 (35979) Data (448 bytes)

0000 f4 ef 81 80 00 01 00 0c 00 00 00 00 07 70 6c 62 .............plb 0010 73 6c 6f 67 05 75 6d 65 6e 67 03 63 6f 6d 00 00 slog.umeng.com.. 0020 1c 00 01 c0 0c 00 05 00 01 00 00 00 3c 00 2d 13 ............<.-. 0030 64 75 61 6c 73 74 61 63 6b 2d 6e 61 36 31 2d 6e dualstack-na61-n 0040 61 36 32 09 77 61 67 62 72 69 64 67 65 07 61 6c a62.wagbridge.al 0050 69 62 61 62 61 04 74 61 6e 78 c0 1a c0 2f 00 05 ibaba.tanx.../.. 0060 00 01 00 00 01 2c 00 40 13 64 75 61 6c 73 74 61 .....,[email protected] 0070 63 6b 2d 6e 61 36 31 2d 6e 61 36 32 09 77 61 67 ck-na61-na62.wag 0080 62 72 69 64 67 65 07 61 6c 69 62 61 62 61 04 74 bridge.alibaba.t 0090 61 6e 78 03 63 6f 6d 03 67 64 73 0a 61 6c 69 62 anx.com.gds.alib 00a0 61 62 61 64 6e 73 c0 1a c0 68 00 1c 00 01 00 00 abadns...h...... 00b0 00 1a 00 10 24 08 40 01 0f 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ....$.@......... 00c0 00 00 01 e0 c0 68 00 1c 00 01 00 00 00 1a 00 10 .....h.......... 00d0 24 08 40 01 0f 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 42 [email protected] 00e0 c0 68 00 1c 00 01 00 00 00 1a 00 10 24 08 40 01 .h..........$.@. 00f0 0f 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 43 c0 68 00 1c ...........C.h.. 0100 00 01 00 00 00 1a 00 10 24 08 40 01 0f 10 00 00 ........$.@..... 0110 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 7e c0 68 00 1c 00 01 00 00 .......~.h...... 0120 00 1a 00 10 24 01 b1 80 20 00 00 10 00 00 00 00 ....$... ....... 0130 00 00 00 36 c0 68 00 1c 00 01 00 00 00 1a 00 10 ...6.h.......... 0140 24 01 b1 80 20 00 00 30 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 23 $... ..0.......# 0150 c0 68 00 1c 00 01 00 00 00 1a 00 10 24 08 40 01 .h..........$.@. 0160 0f 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 5a c0 68 00 1c ...........Z.h.. 0170 00 01 00 00 00 1a 00 10 24 08 40 01 0f 00 00 00 ........$.@..... 0180 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 9d c0 68 00 1c 00 01 00 00 .........h...... 0190 00 1a 00 10 24 08 40 01 0f 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ....$.@......... 01a0 00 00 01 70 c0 68 00 1c 00 01 00 00 00 1a 00 10 ...p.h.......... 01b0 24 08 40 01 0f 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 8d $.@.............

No. Time Source Destination Protocol Length Info 4057 5828.286174 192.168.137.77 LAPTOP-JPYKT433.local UDP 75 48451 → clearvisn(2052) Len=33

Frame 4057: 75 bytes on wire (600 bits), 75 bytes captured (600 bits) on interface \Device\NPF_{B334E7E7-7FF2-4B64-A567-712128244301}, id 0 Ethernet II, Src: ea:8f:ff:16:ce:e2 (ea:8f:ff:16:ce:e2), Dst: LAPTOP-JPYKT433.local (0e:54:15:75:2c:77) Internet Protocol Version 4, Src: 192.168.137.77 (192.168.137.77), Dst: LAPTOP-JPYKT433.local (192.168.137.1) User Datagram Protocol, Src Port: 48451 (48451), Dst Port: clearvisn (2052) Data (33 bytes)

0000 2c 61 01 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 05 75 6c 6f ,a...........ulo 0010 67 73 05 75 6d 65 6e 67 03 63 6f 6d 00 00 01 00 gs.umeng.com.... 0020 01 .

No. Time Source Destination Protocol Length Info 4058 5828.296996 192.168.137.77 LAPTOP-JPYKT433.local UDP 77 56844 → clearvisn(2052) Len=35

Frame 4058: 77 bytes on wire (616 bits), 77 bytes captured (616 bits) on interface \Device\NPF_{B334E7E7-7FF2-4B64-A567-712128244301}, id 0 Ethernet II, Src: ea:8f:ff:16:ce:e2 (ea:8f:ff:16:ce:e2), Dst: LAPTOP-JPYKT433.local (0e:54:15:75:2c:77) Internet Protocol Version 4, Src: 192.168.137.77 (192.168.137.77), Dst: LAPTOP-JPYKT433.local (192.168.137.1) User Datagram Protocol, Src Port: 56844 (56844), Dst Port: clearvisn (2052) Data (35 bytes)

0000 ac a0 01 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 07 70 6c 62 .............plb 0010 73 6c 6f 67 05 75 6d 65 6e 67 03 63 6f 6d 00 00 slog.umeng.com.. 0020 01 00 01 ...

No. Time Source Destination Protocol Length Info 4059 5828.302702 LAPTOP-JPYKT433.local 192.168.137.77 UDP 194 clearvisn(2052) → 48451 Len=152

Frame 4059: 194 bytes on wire (1552 bits), 194 bytes captured (1552 bits) on interface \Device\NPF_{B334E7E7-7FF2-4B64-A567-712128244301}, id 0 Ethernet II, Src: LAPTOP-JPYKT433.local (0e:54:15:75:2c:77), Dst: ea:8f:ff:16:ce:e2 (ea:8f:ff:16:ce:e2) Internet Protocol Version 4, Src: LAPTOP-JPYKT433.local (192.168.137.1), Dst: 192.168.137.77 (192.168.137.77) User Datagram Protocol, Src Port: clearvisn (2052), Dst Port: 48451 (48451) Data (152 bytes)

0000 2c 61 81 80 00 01 00 05 00 00 00 00 05 75 6c 6f ,a...........ulo 0010 67 73 05 75 6d 65 6e 67 03 63 6f 6d 00 00 01 00 gs.umeng.com.... 0020 01 c0 0c 00 05 00 01 00 00 01 2c 00 21 05 75 6c ..........,.!.ul 0030 6f 67 73 05 75 6d 65 6e 67 03 63 6f 6d 03 67 64 ogs.umeng.com.gd 0040 73 0a 61 6c 69 62 61 62 61 64 6e 73 c0 18 c0 2d s.alibabadns...- 0050 00 05 00 01 00 00 00 bf 00 09 06 61 6c 6f 67 75 ...........alogu 0060 73 c0 12 c0 5a 00 05 00 01 00 00 00 3c 00 09 06 s...Z.......<... 0070 61 6c 6f 67 75 73 c0 33 c0 6f 00 01 00 01 00 00 alogus.3.o...... 0080 01 11 00 04 2f f6 6d 6c c0 6f 00 01 00 01 00 00 ..../.ml.o...... 0090 01 11 00 04 2f f6 6d 6d ..../.mm

No. Time Source Destination Protocol Length Info 4060 5828.314578 LAPTOP-JPYKT433.local 192.168.137.77 UDP 226 clearvisn(2052) → 56844 Len=184

Frame 4060: 226 bytes on wire (1808 bits), 226 bytes captured (1808 bits) on interface \Device\NPF_{B334E7E7-7FF2-4B64-A567-712128244301}, id 0 Ethernet II, Src: LAPTOP-JPYKT433.local (0e:54:15:75:2c:77), Dst: ea:8f:ff:16:ce:e2 (ea:8f:ff:16:ce:e2) Internet Protocol Version 4, Src: LAPTOP-JPYKT433.local (192.168.137.1), Dst: 192.168.137.77 (192.168.137.77) User Datagram Protocol, Src Port: clearvisn (2052), Dst Port: 56844 (56844) Data (184 bytes)

0000 ac a0 81 80 00 01 00 03 00 00 00 00 07 70 6c 62 .............plb 0010 73 6c 6f 67 05 75 6d 65 6e 67 03 63 6f 6d 00 00 slog.umeng.com.. 0020 01 00 01 c0 0c 00 05 00 01 00 00 00 3c 00 2d 13 ............<.-. 0030 64 75 61 6c 73 74 61 63 6b 2d 6e 61 36 31 2d 6e dualstack-na61-n 0040 61 36 32 09 77 61 67 62 72 69 64 67 65 07 61 6c a62.wagbridge.al 0050 69 62 61 62 61 04 74 61 6e 78 c0 1a c0 2f 00 05 ibaba.tanx.../.. 0060 00 01 00 00 01 2c 00 40 13 64 75 61 6c 73 74 61 .....,[email protected] 0070 63 6b 2d 6e 61 36 31 2d 6e 61 36 32 09 77 61 67 ck-na61-na62.wag 0080 62 72 69 64 67 65 07 61 6c 69 62 61 62 61 04 74 bridge.alibaba.t 0090 61 6e 78 03 63 6f 6d 03 67 64 73 0a 61 6c 69 62 anx.com.gds.alib 00a0 61 62 61 64 6e 73 c0 1a c0 68 00 01 00 01 00 00 abadns...h...... 00b0 00 1e 00 04 cb 77 d6 7b .....w.{

No. Time Source Destination Protocol Length Info 4061 5829.730365 192.168.137.77 LAPTOP-JPYKT433.local UDP 87 10287 → clearvisn(2052) Len=45

Frame 4061: 87 bytes on wire (696 bits), 87 bytes captured (696 bits) on interface \Device\NPF_{B334E7E7-7FF2-4B64-A567-712128244301}, id 0 Ethernet II, Src: ea:8f:ff:16:ce:e2 (ea:8f:ff:16:ce:e2), Dst: LAPTOP-JPYKT433.local (0e:54:15:75:2c:77) Internet Protocol Version 4, Src: 192.168.137.77 (192.168.137.77), Dst: LAPTOP-JPYKT433.local (192.168.137.1) User Datagram Protocol, Src Port: 10287 (10287), Dst Port: clearvisn (2052) Data (45 bytes)

0000 52 75 01 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 09 67 6f 6f Ru...........goo 0010 67 6c 65 61 64 73 01 67 0b 64 6f 75 62 6c 65 63 gleads.g.doublec 0020 6c 69 63 6b 03 6e 65 74 00 00 01 00 01 lick.net.....

No. Time Source Destination Protocol Length Info 4062 5829.731079 LAPTOP-JPYKT433.local 192.168.137.77 UDP 196 clearvisn(2052) → 10287 Len=154

I'm not sure what it is with this new app that XDA developer just came out with but it has some pretty annoying ads and they continue to show up even though no advertising is identified by tracker control. Google ads are shown under fingerprinting but are listed as blocked yet the ads are still showing.

Allow for automated backups to be setup on a daily, weekly or monthly basis and store the backup's in a TrackerControl subdir on the storage media to prevent cluttering up the default folder which is Download or the root directory of the sdcard.

Optional Segments:

1. Add time to the backup filename as a 2nd backup on the same day currently gets saved as TrackerControl_20200522.xml (1)
2. Roll the last daily backup of the week into a weekly backup and reset the daily's. Roll the last backup of the month into a monthly backup and reset the daily and weeklies.
3. Add list of apps mapped to their uid's in backup so when restoring the correct app is setup even if the uid has changed. Map them based on their com.google.xxx.xxx names. (see #4)
4. Organize the backup so the subcategories are stored right after the high level app boolean true/false. This organization may make it easier for you to handle #3.

Wishlist: Fine grained control down to the individual tracker. I understand some of this is "pie in the sky" stuff.

It would be pretty nice to have a dark theme.

I can also try to make a PR for that, but be aware that it would be my first time trying to implement theming in an app.

I've noted that Fingerprinting often appears in more than one group for the same app vs Advertising, Analytics, Essential, Social, and Uncategorised which are always in one group.

Is this by design or should all Fingerprinting be in one group so Block can be toggled on/off all at once for an app? Maybe label as Fingerprinting "hardware specifications" and Fingerprinting "app settings" etc. if they are distinct types of Fingerprinting?

As also mentioned here, I saw that Tracker Control contains a tracker itself! I know that it's an open source Application Crash Reports but I was very surprised, however, as neither the github page nor the app mentions this tracker and there is no option to disable it. Given the crucial importance of this app and since a similar app like Netguard doesn't have trackers, I'd like to ask you to delete trackers at all.

Thanks for this great app.

https://microg.org/ uses Mapbox as Google Maps replacement, so if you use microg, Mapbox is essential for a lot of different apps. This breaks most of the apps showing any kind of map. If I allow api.mapbox.com manually in all the apps, they work again.

For reference #160 , but on my phone with TrackerControl 2022.10.25-fdroid api.mapbox.com is in Uncategorized category.

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. When im the at "Manage App" (overview for blocked trackers for an App) screen, i would like to sort the trackers by "Last time blocked". Categories are fine but i would like to see the most recent blocked host at the top of a catogeory.

This way we wont have to skim trough all entries an search for "(5 seconds ago)"

Describe the solution you'd like I'm sorry, cant help in this regard. No android experience.

Hi, would it be possible to add a toggle to change the internet access of a list of apps at once instead of selecting it individually?

I think it would be a good idea to, for example, add social networks and an change the internet access when isn't using it.

Thanks.

Do you use TrackerControl from Google Play/F-Droid/other? Fdroid Version 2022.10.25-fdroid

Describe the bug IP leak when using TC as the VPN and chaining with Orbot using the TC Socks5 proxy and port forwarding configuration

In the first instance I configured TC to send TCP to the Orbot Socks5 proxy using port 9050 as well as port forwarded port 53 UDP to Orbot DNS port 5400, DNS leak test was fine and some IP tests were fine but I consistently got an IP leak when testing with whatsmyip.com

This led me to think that perhaps it was making a port 443 UDP request to dodge the Orbot Socks5 proxy, so I configured TC to port forward all UDP ports from 0-65535 to an unused port (29000) apart from port 53 which I left forwarding to 5400 and port 443 which I forwarded to 9050 (forwarding UDP 443 to 29000 would for some reason also mess with TCP breaking web browsing)

N.B I don't get IP leaks from whatsmyip.com when using Orbot as the VPN

To Reproduce Minimum steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Run TC as always on VPN and configure TC socks5 proxy to port 9050 and port forward TC UDP port 53 to port 5400
2. Run Orbot with Sock5 proxy and Tor DNS enabled
3. View TC traffic log
4. Browse to whatsmyip.com, to see IP leak

Can send export of TC config if desired, for port forwarding all ports

f-droid latest

i have strict mode enabled. i install the app https://www.f-droid.org/packages/com.pato05.uploadgram/. i launch the app. it does not work. i check tracker control. tracker control says no sites or domains in this app. i turn off monitoring for this app. the app is now working. the problem is the visibility of sites or domains. i am not just talking about this app, there are many apps with this error. i ask that this error be fixed. and if i turn off strict mode i cannot block connections. this is not a copy of another issue. I am talking about the fact that invisible sites or domains can also be in normal applications

To Reproduce

download https://www.f-droid.org/packages/com.pato05.uploadgram/