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I know this topics comes up ever so often here, but this is really amazing demo. A reminder that on Android you can use tools like XPL-EX (previously XprivacyLua) to heavily block such calls and libraries, or something simpler even like something like [App Manager](https://muntashirakon.github.io/AppManager/).

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Could you share a bit on how to identify and block offenders with AppManager?

The app has many features, one specifically can decompile and dissect other apps methods, and gives you the ability to disable them. It does lead to crashes, that's why XPL-EX is a cleaner option.

You would need to be rooted for that sort of blocking to be an option, right?

I think you can run a DNS server, and configure Android with a custom DNS server. Not sure about this exact case though.

Yes, that's a given. I totally disagree with google's philosophy of locking down android features once you root, it's totally unwarranted.

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