Quad9 Connect
Android application for Quad9 recursive DNS cybersecurity and privacy services
Description
Quad9 Connect is an Android and ChromeOS app that sends your DNS queries to <a href="https://quad9.net">Quad9's secure, private, open recursive DNS service</a>.
Quad9 Connect adds additional functionality and features compared to using Android's Private DNS feature to utilize encrypted DNS or configured Quad9 in Chrome on ChromeOS.
The application creates a split VPN tunnel with Android API "VpnService" to configure an alternate DNS server on Android and ChromeOS.
## Features
- DNS over TLS or DNS over UDP
- DNS Query Log
- Trusted Networks
- Blocked Query Notifications
- Local Domains
- Excluded Applications
What’s new (1.2.3)
- The app now targets Android 17 (SDK 37)
- Cryptographically secure random number generator is now used when generating DNS message IDs (a test DNS message is created by the app to verify connection to the Quad9 DNS)
- Minor UI scaling fixes in the statistics page
- Various minor memory leaks and issues fixed throughout the app
Anti-features
Properties of this app that are worth knowing about before installing.
- TetheredNet
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Permissions
What the app asks the system for. Android only grants sensitive access after you confirm it.
- Internet accessSend and receive data over the internet.
- Run at startupStart automatically after the device is switched on.
- EXPAND_STATUS_BAR
- Network stateCheck whether and how the device is connected.
- Foreground serviceKeep running in the background, visible in the status bar.
- FOREGROUND_SERVICE_SYSTEM_EXEMPTED
- NotificationsShow notifications.
- Approximate locationDetermine the location via the network.
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- Precise locationDetermine the location via GPS.
- Wi-Fi stateRead information about the Wi-Fi connection.
- Installed appsSee which apps are installed.
- aegis.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION
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