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...By creating a local VPN service on the device, NetGuard intercepts and selectively blocks or allows network traffic for individual applications and addresses, supporting both Wi-Fi and mobile connections according to user preferences. This means you can block internet access for specific apps to save bandwidth, extend battery life, or prevent unwanted background connections while still letting other apps communicate normally. NetGuard’s interface is simple, with toggles to allow or deny access and optional settings for screen-on behavior, roaming, system apps, and notification of internet usage, giving users fine-grained control over network behavior.

...It also supports IPv4 and IPv6, multi-user environments, and automation through Tasker or Locale. By enforcing network restrictions at the system level, it helps reduce unwanted connections, background data consumption, and potential information leaks.

This is extremely handy for Android Phones, as now most third-party Apps from mobile market is now close-sourced and it's hard to promise its security, but some of this functions may be tempting, so we have to install it and give it permissions what it want at installation stage, and then it may do something we don't like in the background, now with Lavender we can at least prevent from accessing network if we don't trust it. Both linux desktop and Android Phones are now supported(Front-end library and UI support) LIMITATIONS: Check README for details. SOURCE: git clone https://github.com/crs-chin/lavender.git