Net Monitor (Privacy Friendly)

by SECUSO Research Group


Tools

free



Shows network connections of installed apps.


NOTICE: Due to changes in the respective Andoird APIs from Android 9 to Android 10, this App is not compatible with Android 10!Privacy Friendly Net Monitor shows active network activity of installed apps. It belongs to the Privacy Friendly Apps group developed by the research group SECUSO at Technische Universität Darmstadt. More information can be found an secuso.org/pfaThe connection information includes local and remote socket information along with resolved hostnames and a protocol evaluation based on well-known ports. Known unencrypted and encrypted protocols are automatically marked. A detailed mode offers additional technical information of the connections. Server validation is an automatic analysis of the remote servers TLS implementation. Remote servers with a resolved hostname are tested automatically when the connection protocol is known for using TLS encryption. The analysis is performed by SSL Labs API (more info: https://www.ssllabs.com/projects/ssllabs-apis/) and the associated service. The remote servers implementation quality is shown in grades A+ (best) to F (worst), or is displayed as T (trust issues). To perform the validation Net Monitor connects to Qualys SSL Labs via the Internet. If you do not want this connection, please deactivate server validation in the settings.How does Privacy Friendly Net Monitor differ from other applications? 1. Minimal Permissions Privacy Friendly Net Monitor does not require any permission for scanning active connections. The Certificate Validation feature requires the Internet permission to request server test results from Qualys SSL Labs API. In case you do not want a connection to Qualys SSL Labs, please deactivate server validation in the settings. 2. No rooted device requiredMost of apps with a similar functionality require a so called "rooted" device. This means that extended user rights are activated on the device. This activation results in a loss of warranty. Privacy Friendly Net Monitor does not require a rooted device.3. No advertisement and no trackingPrivacy Friendly Net Monitor does not include any tracking mechanisms or advertisement and comes free of charge.small bugfixesdisabled for Android 10 and later

Read trusted reviews from application customers

Liked the previous version of "Net Monitor" but since app was updated to version 2.0 on Mar 29, 2018 it fails to function by immediately displaying an error message saying the app has "stopped"... Installed device is a BLU LIFE-8 XL... EDIT#1, FYI: My device is running KitKat 4.4.2. ✴UPDATE: As of v2.1 of Sep 2020 IT WORKS AGAIN!👏 Quite a long wait dev but thank you for the fix. Five ✴✴✴✴✴ restored.👍😀

A Google user

Its a great app but it does not work on android 10

Sumit Gadling

Doesn't work.

George Ahunov

I can confirm, I got a new phone with android 10 and this app no longer works, then again no update for 2 years

Daniel Batcheler

Works very well - and does not require any special pemissions for doing so. The history feature was a very good addition. Unfortunately, it is in dire need of an update (last one was in 2018), as it will not work under Android 10. Also, this would hugely benefit from a way to export the history collected for one (or more) apps - even as a simple txt file (if there already is such a capability, I was not able to find it...).

Nikos Kolomvos

Does not work on Android 11

Nik DuVall

Sadly, it doesn't work on Android 10 and the page remains empty.

Nucleus Rhyme

Loved this tool on my Samsung A5.... But not working now on android 10. 🙁

Thrown Loop

Used to work fine but now not working on Android 10.

Udaya Bajracharya

FOSS, functional, no root required

Nic Moen