Content Blocker for native apps

Originator:alex
Number:rdar://23114354 Date Originated:10/14/2015
Status:Open Resolved:
Product:iOS Product Version:
Classification: Reproducible:
 
I should be able to block certain types of network requests across all processes running on iOS.

I have privacy concerns about third party analytics tools that are bundled inside nearly all popular apps on the App Store.

As a user, I would like the ability to deny network requests to Crashlytics, Omniture, comScore, Localytics, Flurry, Mixpanel, Google Analytics, Facebook Analytics, App Annie, AppBoy, Medialets, and Applause, to name just a few.

Better than blocking network requests, I would like to be able to deny those frameworks from executing.

They cause huge numbers of crashes, eat up user bandwidth and battery life, and exploit any weaknesses that may occur in the iOS privacy and security model. They are written poorly and provide no benefit to users.

Thank you,
-Alex Fajkowski

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