From f450d43eb92cc62e08b78f87e742ffc0f576ab73 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: M66B Date: Sun, 29 Nov 2015 13:26:46 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Updated descriptions --- PLAY.md | 39 +++++++++++++++++++++------------------ README.md | 3 +++ 2 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-) diff --git a/PLAY.md b/PLAY.md index 72271106..6a5f46aa 100644 --- a/PLAY.md +++ b/PLAY.md @@ -19,27 +19,30 @@ Applications can individually be allowed or denied access to your Wi-Fi and/or m Blocking access to the internet can help: -- reduce your data usage -- save your battery -- increase your privacy +• reduce your data usage +• save your battery +• increase your privacy Features: -- No root required -- Simple to use -- Free of charge -- Open source -- No extra battery usage -- No bandwidth reduction -- No calling home -- No tracking or analytics -- No ads -- No internet permission required -- IPv4/IPv6 TCP/UDP supported -- Optionally allow when screen on -- Optionally block when roaming -- Optionally block system applications -- Material design +• No root required +• Simple to use +• Free of charge +• Open source +• No extra battery usage +• No bandwidth reduction +• No calling home +• No tracking or analytics +• No ads +• No internet permission required +• IPv4/IPv6 TCP/UDP supported +• Optionally allow when screen on +• Optionally block when roaming +• Optionally block system applications +• Material design + +There is no other no-root firewall offering all these features. +Most other firewall solutions will use extra battery and reduce the overall network speed. Most of these features are the result of sending selected traffic to a VPN sinkhole, instead of filtering all internet traffic. This means that advanced features, like address-based filtering (needed for hosts blocking), traffic logging, and on-demand configuration, are not possible. diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 6dc6415b..35418400 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ Features: * Optionally block system applications * Material design +There is no other no-root firewall offering all these features. +Most other firewall solutions will use extra battery and reduce the overall network speed. + Most of these features are the result of sending selected traffic to a sinkhole, instead of filtering all internet traffic. This means that advanced features, like address based filtering (needed for ad blocking), traffic logging, and on-demand configuration, are not possible. Routing selected traffic into a sinkhole relies on an API introduced in Android 5.0 (Lollipop),