[Feature request] Could you add a firewall to Mullvad app? - Githubissues

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[Feature request] Could you add a firewall to Mullvad app? #6775

Open serrq opened 1 week ago

serrq commented 1 week ago

I have checked if others have suggested this already

[X] I have checked this issue tracker to see if others have reported similar issues.

Feature description

Like this one on Android.

https://github.com/stargw-net/karma-firewall

Alternative solutions

These kind of firewalls don't use internet permission, but they rely on vpn socket that currently, in my device, is busy by Mullvad VPN service.

All platform involved.

Type of feature

[X] Better privacy/anonymity
[ ] Better at circumventing censorship
[X] Easier to use
[ ] Other

Operating System

[X] Android
[X] iOS
[X] Windows
[X] macOS
[X] Linux

MrChocolatine commented 1 week ago

Not a Mullvad team member

This feature request was declined in 2020: https://github.com/mullvad/mullvadvpn-app/issues/1747#issuecomment-628461792

Implementing a firewall is out of scope for a VPN app, at least this VPN app and for the foreseeable future.

For Android: https://github.com/mullvad/mullvadvpn-app/issues/2786#issuecomment-855934299

Thanks for the suggestion. This is currently not in our backlog. But I can add it as an idea.