mu88
October 1, 2024, 4:30pm
1
Hi
From time to time, the following icon appears for a while and then disappears again:
I’m wondering what this is about, any ideas? It’s not the Data Saver mode, I’m not using this feature.
Thx!
Basic stuff:
Device: Fairphone 4
OS: /e/OS 2.3-t-20240816426372-stable-FP4
mu88
October 1, 2024, 6:49pm
3
Does it /e/OS ship with a built-in firewall? Because I haven’t installed one…
Advanced Privacy has a tracker blocker … https://doc.e.foundation/support-topics/advanced_privacy … but I don’t know whether it triggers the icon.
mihi
October 2, 2024, 12:40am
6
It does mean Firewall, just not sure in which context
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mu88
October 2, 2024, 7:14am
7
Doesn’t it appear on your devices from time to time, too? Or do you ignore it? Or did you turn it off?
mihi
October 2, 2024, 8:28am
8
After some 2.# update it was shown to me, after rebooting. It disappeared pretty fast again, therefore I didn’t give much attention to it.
Do you use parental control or any other newer feature?
mu88
October 2, 2024, 9:20am
9
No, Parental Control its turned off hand there is no no bother firewall app like NetGuard or so - just there built-in Advanced Privacy feature.
smu44
October 2, 2024, 10:03am
10
Did you deny background data usage for any app?
mu88
October 2, 2024, 10:56am
11
Yes, for a couple of apps. Could it be this?
dave
October 2, 2024, 7:01pm
12
For a small number of apps I have unchecked ‘Allow network access’ (under ‘Mobile data and wi-fi’ for each app) and the icon appears when I run those apps, so I’ve always assumed it’s a firewall indicator.
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