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Market Link: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.lbe.security.lite

Description:

Note: This app has now been superceded by its successor LBE Security Manager. More about that app can be found here: Android Protection

Mobile applications are notorious for invading your privacy, but with LBE Privacy Guard you can regain that control. It's basically a Firewall for your Android. Other applications like DroidWall and HiSurfing are great, but they need access to IPTables in order to function properly. That isn't available on all devices. Instead, this program lets you set different levels of access for every program.

First, there are Trusted applications. This is software you have complete faith in and therefore grant access to whatever systems they require. There should be very few applications in this list.

Second, there are System applications. These are apps that you technically should have faith in, but don't be fooled. Android was made by Google and Google makes money through advertising and collecting data to sell to advertisers. Take their so called "anonymous usage statistics". That app requires access to your phone state and identity. That means it could access your phone number, hardware version, serial number, sim card identity and more. So much for being anonymous. Thankfully, you can modify this list and move software into the monitored applications, instead.

Finally, there are Monitored Applications. This is the software for which you set individual permissions. For each program you can set specific types of access to allowed, denied and in some cases, ask permission. It's a lot like an after-market PC firewall in that way.

It also features interactive event logging. If you select an event, LBE will tell you what action was taken and for what software. If you wish, you can then choose to modify the setting for that app.

Every Android user should learn how to use this program and configure it in order to protect their privacy.