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WebApps

Provide a secure way to browse popular webapps by eliminating referrers, 3rd party requests, cookies, cross-site scripting, etc.

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Cost / License

  • Free
  • Open Source

Alerts

  • Discontinued

Platforms

  • Android
  • F-Droid
Discontinued

The GitHub repository states that the project is no longer maintained and is deprecated.

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Properties

  1.  Privacy focused
  2.  Lightweight

Features

  1.  No registration required
  2.  Sandbox
  3.  Web-Based

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  • Developed by

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  • Licensing

    Open Source (MIT) and Free product.
  • Alternatives

    5 alternatives listed
  • Supported Languages

    • English

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Security & PrivacyWeb Browsers

GitHub repository

  •  243 Stars
  •  32 Forks
  •  88 Open Issues
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mianfrar
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This application is great, and it improves with each version, a must have in all my Android devices. I miss something similar in my PCs and in IOS devices at work. Not only it allows to run your websites in sandboxes, but it's also a great way to have all your important websites at hand on a single place. Kudos to the author!

lpstandardrp

I agree the app has been great in my use. 5 stars from recollection.

Real quick disclaimer... **I am a newb in knowledge level and understanding level in understanding trackers, their hosts, cookies, backends dev-type computer science lingo... amd at the same time I have been actively trying to educate myself in order to understand for 5± years and have been committed to use FLOSS tracker-free privacy respecting apps, sites, communities, etc...)... **take my comments and infi with a bag of salt, and I hope I share some leads or notiins that make some sense. That said—

I was searching for a sandboxing PWA type app earlier today to keep non-privacy-respecting websites that I sign in on regularly enough separate from the rest of my browsing (so I dont have to use an Incognito session every time I want to sign in to one of those sites, and have to re-login every time**) and 2 things I learned, I may have been mistaken(!), are 1)Android WebView (if rooted can install alternate WebView) does not sandbox and 2) first-party cookies are not shared between URLs in a browser or WebView environment (big relief)... that is incorrect but something similar is the point (sorry, perhaps unhelpful unless you get what I am trying to say) meaning block third-party cookies and... f— Google/unrooted stock(?) Android is complicated... I think I was reading this amongst WebApps (deprecated) & Native Alpha* Github pages, maybe a website* (see below)... It is important to note that due to changes in Android versions (very loosely/33%-50% confidence I presume since Android 11 12+ especially) the changes and ongoinf demands for devs caused WebApps' dev (thank you dev!!!) to cease development. Native Alpha evidently can sandbox PWAs (in their pro version only available on Google Play unless you build from source). Exodus Reports shows zero Trackers for the free version (also on F-Droid & IzzyOnDroid repo)...

*Links (in order from most likely to have the relevant info IIRC after skimming the aforementioned Github pages): https://amiunique.org/ https://browserleaks.com/ https://coveryourtracks.eff.org/ https://themarkup.org/the-breakdown/2020/09/22/i-scanned-the-websites-i-visit-with-blacklight-and-its-horrifying-now-what

  • See Blacklight (link above) to scan websites for trackers, third party cookies|Ad trackers(-ish?), etc.

uBlock Origin, NoScript, IIRC Decentraleyes and AutoCookieDelete(IIRC - was on privacytools.io before they had to change domains (see archive.org to find the new domain perhaps is easiest)...

TL/DR -WebApps, esp. (Seemingly per dev's deprecation notice on Github) maybe on older Versions of Android 9(?), 10(?) and earlier versions (see deprecation date | Github issues for clues maybe...?) -Native Alpha sandboxing ( if your use case requires sandboxing... it seems I don't w/extensions mentioned above bc of Ad/hosts blocking (uBlock Origin + hardened browsers (Mull (Gecko - hardened Firefox), Mulch (Chrome-based hardened & more regularly updated version/fork of Bromite), and IIRC (for Webview) FOSS Browser, Privacy Browser, (and maybe) Fulguris. + I also use Netguard which is phenom 9+/10, NoScript (Javascript is ¡crazy! (See links above) in fingerprinting capabilities), and Decentraleyes and CookieAutoDelete(?)(makes de-cookie-ing automatic-ish...configurable, per site, import/export, etc.)...

Umm... .02

lpstandardrp

Edit: apologies for the typos and grammatical errors. I habe had good experiences with WebApps, granted it was some time ago and on Android 9. I give it 5 stars, easily from what I recall, and, it may still be just as awesome of an app on Android 13+. It seems that, although the dev has stopped development, the discussions on Github are alive and active and current. Meaning, if it fits the use case it would be my go to, I am still trying to figure that out (if I need it). Native Alpha I have not used. It makes a compelling option because of the sandboxing, in addition to the numerous other notable features and functions it provides... I would not be surprised if it were a 5 star app as well.

Review by a new / low-activity user.

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What is WebApps?

Provide a secure way to browse popular webapps by eliminating referrers, 3rd party requests, cookies, cross-site scripting, etc.

It accomplishes this by providing a sandbox for multiple webapps (like Google's apps, Facebook, Twitter, etc.). Each webapp will run in it's own sandbox, with 3rd party requests (images, scripts, iframes, etc.) blocked, and all external links opening in an external default web browser (which should have cookies, plugins, flash, etc. disabled).

By default, all HTTP requests are blocked (only HTTPS allowed). This improves security, especially on untrusted networks. The app can also handle HTTPS links and open them in their own sandbox.

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