Guardian Firewall Explained

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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Notes and References

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

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