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Guardian Firewall is a VPN, firewall, and password manager for iOS, which also blocks data and location trackers. [1] [2] Its network crypto suite is IPSec (Using IKEv2). [3] The service, which claims to collect no user information, [4] takes the form of an app which first became available in June 2019. [5]

The company behind the product is Sudo Security Group. [6] Its founder is Will Strafach, a security researcher, [7] [8] and the COO is Chirayu Patel. [9]

Guardian Firewall was featured in the show Lockdown in 2020. [10] . Later that same year, Guardian began to be offered as an add-on service to the Brave web browser. [11]

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References

  1. ↑ Lacey, Elena (31 July 2019). "An iPhone App That Protects Your Privacy—For Real This Time". Wired . Retrieved 21 September 2019. The Guardian Firewall app runs in the background of an iOS device, and stymies data and location trackers while compiling a list of all the times your apps attempt to deploy them.
  2. ↑ Lily Hay Newman (July 31, 2019). "An iPhone App That Protects Your Privacy—For Real This Time". Wired. Retrieved December 30, 2023.
  3. ↑ Orr, Andrew (24 October 2018). "This VPN App Claims to Act as an iOS Firewall". The Mac Observer. Retrieved 21 September 2019. It uses IPSec as the network suite.
  4. ↑ Sorrel, Charlie (18 June 2019). "Guardian Firewall is the first true privacy-protecting firewall for iOS". Cult of Mac. Retrieved 21 September 2019. The developer says that no information is collected about you.
  5. ↑ Potuck, Michael (5 August 2019). "Guardian VPN privacy app for iOS now open to the public, including lite version". 9to5Mac . Retrieved 21 September 2019. After launching for a limited amount of users back in June, Guardian Firewall + VPN for iOS has now been made available to the public.
  6. ↑ Fleishman, Glenn (3 March 2019). "This ingenious new iPhone app is a powerful way to foil data snoops". Fast Company . Retrieved 21 September 2019. That led Strafach and his colleagues at Sudo Security Group aim to take practical action.
  7. ↑ Hern, Alex; Wong, Julia Carrie (30 January 2019). "Apple cracks down on Facebook after it paid teens for access to their data". The Guardian . Retrieved 21 September 2019. Will Strafach, the developer of Guardian Protect, an iOS firewall
  8. ↑ "Unfixable iOS Device Exploit Is the Latest Apple Security Upheaval". Wired. 27 September 2019. Retrieved 11 October 2019. Will Strafach, a longtime iOS jailbreaker and founder of the Guardian Firewall app
  9. ↑ Whittaker, Zack (24 October 2018). "A new 'smart firewall' iPhone app promises to put your privacy before profits". TechCrunch . Retrieved 21 September 2019. chief operating officer Chirayu Patel
  10. ↑ "This tool reveals which of your favorite apps are sharing way too much data". 6 February 2020.
  11. ↑ "Brave and Guardian Partner to Integrate Brave iOS Browser with Guardian Firewall + VPN". Brave (web browser). 27 July 2020. Retrieved 19 March 2024. The Firewall + VPN is built into the Brave iPhone and iPad browser app


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