United StatesLockdown is the world's first Open Source firewall for iOS -- and now available on Mac! Lockdown allows you to block any connection to any domain and protecting your privacy across the web. For free. — FEATURES — - Block any domain / service - Works for all apps, not just the browser - Useful preconfigured defaults - See what's being blocked - Optional VPN for additional privacy — BEST-IN-CLASS PRIVACY — - Open Source: Since firewalls have access to *everything* you do, it's critical that any firewall you use should be open source. Lockdown is 100% open source. - On-Device: Lockdown does its magic on-device and doesn't connect to any servers, or third-party analytics, or anything else. This way, everything you do stays private to you. - World's Simplest Privacy Policy: Here's the entirety of it (July 23rd, 2019) - "Everything Lockdown does stays on your device, so what you see is literally what you get, and nothing more or less, because that's the way it should be." — TRANSPARENCY YOU CAN TRUST — - Other privacy apps lie on their Privacy Policy and secretly sell user data, even if they promise not to - To solve this issue, the Openly Operated certification requires apps to *prove* their Privacy Policy - Lockdown is Openly Operated certified with a public 38-page audit report, and audited multiple times by security professionals - View full OpenAudit Report: https://openaudit.com/lockdownprivacy — PRESS COVERAGE — - App Store's "Apps We Love" - Featured February 2020 - Business Insider - FastCompany - Forbes - MacRumors - 9to5Mac - Cult of Mac - The Mac Observer - iCulture - iClarified - AppAdvice Follow us on Twitter: @lockdown_hq Send your questions and comments to [email protected] Lockdown - https://lockdownhq.com Privacy Policy - https://lockdownhq.com/privacy Terms of Use - https://lockdownhq.com/terms
Google?
Version dated to 2/27/2023 does not block custom domains anymore for some reason (e.g. google.com is on the list, but I can still access google and use its search browser).
United StatesWould love to use the Firewall, but...
I would love to use the firewall feature alone because the VPN is woefully short on features. It has two location settings – East and West, doesn’t have a kill switch, and turns off often when in sleep mode. If my MacBook is on, I want my VPN on. As others have mentioned, you can’t just turn on the firewall and use another VPN. I understand the VPN is their revenue stream, but until it’s updated with some basic features, it’s not worth it. And my VPN has just started to offer “Block trackers and malicious sites.” The competition is stepping up. I hope Lockdown will meet the challenge.
United StatesFantastic Until MacOS Updated
Lockdown is an incredible app that I have on all of my devices. It has recently stopped working on my MacOS and it also cuts off Safari Private Relay when it is on. On my iPhone & iPad it works flawlessly and allows Private Relay to function properly. Only issue is on MacOS otherwise great app!
United StatesLove Lockdown
Great app! I use this on all Apple devices and love it. I'm amazed at the number of trackers which it blocks, which means I'm being tracked otherwise--moment to moment--by Facebook, et. al.
United StatesThis is trash
This is inhumane
United StatesApp Stopped Working
App stopped working after the Os 15.3 update! Not sure if it's the update or the app. Hence 3 stars. Worked well for a while! After the update, I logged into app store, on ios, app store stays on even when settings is turned off and no longer blocks nor does it refresh to clear block logs, now the hide link is stays highlighted. And when I click the menu it closes the app. It also doesn't allow me to add to the block list to refresh the list. On ios app the ransomware does not have anything blocked, and says it is under maitenance, on Mac Os, it showed some at first, but not sure if these domains added to block list are interfering with blocking. Please fix this, otherwise the app is great for blocking ads and unwanted trackers. Thanks for your help!
United StatesWorks mostly good for iOS, not so much for MacOS
I do like this app on my iphone, it has significantly reduced tracking by unwanted agencies. However, it frequently prevents my late model Macbook air (the last intel based MB Air) running Monterey from connecting to the internet. Even though my macbook shows it is connected to the internet no app (i.e., browser, app store, etc) can make a connection to the internet. Turning off the firewall in Lockdown restores my connecitvity. I use the firewall, not the secure tunnel. The other irritating aspect on both iOS and MacOS is that it also prevents browsers from connecting to any site that is an AD site (i.e., advertising site).When a product is listed as an AD lockdown prevents me from connecting with the message "Safari cannot open this page because the address is invalid", which it is not invalid. I turn off Lockdown and it loads. This is particularly irritating since these are legitimate sites (like amazon).
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