[ale] OT: Blocking Android app access over wifi

[Lightner, Jeffrey]

Funny you mention that.  On my trip to Australia and New Zealand I had multiple flights in both countries (and one between them) but it was only when I was flying back to the USA from Auckland that NZ customs chose me for "special" screening and blamed it on stringent American TSA rules.   One of the other guys they picked had just told me he worked for TSA so when NZ customs mentioned TSA I said to them "Those bastards".  :-)

The flight from Oz to NZ was actually on Emirates Air for some reason.   Emirates had some really nice free luggage tags which I put on my baggage.   I wondered when I was singled out if they had profiled me because of those tags and my full beard.  


-----Original Message-----
From: Ale <ale-bounces at ale.org> On Behalf Of DJ-Pfulio via Ale
Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2019 1:01 PM
To: Neal Rhodes via Ale <ale at ale.org>
Subject: Re: [ale] OT: Blocking Android app access over wifi

I've had my Purell stolen by foreign customs when leaving to come to the USA.  Overzealous interpretations of US prohibited carry on.

Also had water purchased AT THE GATE, inside security, taken 10 ft from entering the aircraft door. This has happened in 3 different countries ... actually from 3 different continents on return flights to the USA.

I've always been able to live without data connectivity away from home and work. Sure, it is "nice to have", but just get your offline maps and mark the places you want to see BEFORE leaving.  What happens when your phone is stolen at the first port?  A friend had his phone stolen on
day-1 of a 3 week European trip (along with his wallet all credit cards, cash).  His backup phone was stolen on day-2.  Thankfully, his passport wasn't stolen.

On 5/22/19 12:03 PM, Neal Rhodes via Ale wrote:
> We got back recently from a transatlantic cruise back-to-back with a 
> Mediterranean cruise.   We did the opposite of what you have done - we 
> did not use ship data at all.   I had a UK SIM card from going to 
> Ireland last year and stuffed that in.  20GBP for 8GB of data.   And 
> roaming within EU is required.  So we had no data onboard, but data 
> and voice as soon as we hit ports.   Practically, we wanted voice and 
> data in ports - that's where we might get into trouble and need it.  
> Onboard ship we have a sick bay.
> 
> Honestly, on RCC even the comedians onstage get to joke about how bad 
> the ship's WIFI is.  You probably don't have the bandwidth to get into 
> a lot of trouble.
> 
> Yes, I think the Data Saver only applies to mobile data usage.  Maybe 
> just leave the tablets in Airplane mode as others have suggested.
> 
> I will note that practically, in dozens of ports from Azores to 
> Dubrovnik we encountered ZERO customs.  We just walked off and on the 
> ship.  Only thing the ship cared about was smuggle booze onboard.  
> This WAS a bit of a hassle on the flight back, because customs in 
> Copenhagen groused that our password wasn't stamped on entry into the 
> EU in the Azores.
> 
> regards and have a nice trip.  Use Purell EVERYWHERE.   Especially 
> AFTER you touch the tongs others have touched.
> 
> Neal
> 
> 
> 
> On 2019-05-22 09:29, Chris Fowler via Ale wrote:
>> Not sure if this is really OT since Android = Linux ;)
>>
>> I'm going on a cruise in a few days and have purchased the maximum 
>> data package from the ship.  I need to severely limit wifi usage on 
>> my Note 8.  I see I can block background from "Mobile Data", but I 
>> don't see a wifi option.  I see I can restrict certain wifi APs and 
>> I'm thinking that my treat them as mobile.
>>
>> I've deleted apps I do not really need.  I've block K-9 mail from 
>> background on mobile, but I'd like to block it from foreground so 
>> that it only syncs when I tell it to.  I'll check its config.  I'll 
>> delete FaceBook and Messenger.  I don't want to delete Dropbox or 
>> NextCloud so I need to restrain them.
>>
>> I've installed Google's Datally and it looks promising, but 
>> everything it does seems to be for mobile data only.  I'd really like 
>> to treat wifi with the same level of priority.
>>
>> Any suggestions from those that may have locked their phone down? 
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