5.0.0 – April 18, 2024
Key Features
- BF-35 Android agent now has the ability to block specific apps from accessing the internet (Android 10+ only)
- BF-56 New tab “Network” showing details of active and blocked applications
- BF-57 Drag-and-drop interface to block / unblock applications
- BF-53 Additional protection against apps that attempt to bypass the VPN
- BF-59 Events view now shows the app that caused the event
- BF-60 Existing Allow and Deny tabs have been consolidated into a single Web tab to manage allowed / denied domains
- BF-58 Action from the Network tab to show all events for a specific app
- BF-80 App events view shows the app name as its header and the count of events for that app
- BF-74 Introduce a drag target icon to ensure drag-and-drop features are easy to spot
- BF-82 Agent UI will show in light or dark theme depending on the device settings
- BF-83 Support for app-blocking rules being added in the console and applied to the device
- BF-79 Icon updates throughout the app to new outlined, brand-aligned designs
- BF-69 Overall style refresh to mirror updated brand colours and theme
- BF-65 Improved support for Ipv6 DNS servers
Background Improvements
- BF-46 Implement Dagger / Hilt for better service lifecycle management and inversion of control
- BF-45 Rules are dynamically updated instantly, without needing to restart the VPN
- BF-67 Implement Ktor framework for strongly-typed API access and elimination of manual JSON parsing
- BF-63 Network tab is hidden pre-Android 10
- BF-51 Start / Stop button on the Stats screen remains visible when scrolling
- BF-84 Upgrade to latest Android Studio version Iguana
- BF-62 Introduce a StateMap for the allow / deny rules to ensure automatic state propagation
- BF-73 Fixed a found bug on the new Web tab when the same domain was allowed and blocked
- BF-44 Fixed a bug where a country would appear twice if added manually and by policy
4.8.3 – November 21, 2023
- Updated support for Android 14 (API 33)
- Refactored code for Google Play Store
- Added support for Chromebooks
- Deprecated manual install procedures
4.7.0 – September 29, 2022
- Updated support for Android 13 (API 33)
- Refactored code for new libraries
- Updated icons across platforms
- Decreased memory usage throughout
- Improved auto update reliability
- Improved performance on complex sites
4.6.1 – April 5, 2022
- Updated Android 12 flags to ensure correct startup
4.6.0 – March 31, 2022
- Updated minimum supported version to Android 8.0
- Added support for Android 12
- Applied latest design across platform
- Improved DNS performance
- Optimized network performance
- Reduced APK size for faster updates
- Updated dependency map
4.5.0 – May 28, 2021
- Improved VPN reliability on older devices
- Show latest rules date when updating
- Remove requirement to access phone state
- Prevent WhatsApp data profiling
- Added support for Android 11
- Improved SSL communication
- Improved background updates
- Updated UI to match mobile theme
- Fixed display of allow and deny list which was stripping out asterisks
- Sanitized parsing of License key to remove illegal characters
- Improved updater when app has been dismissed
- Allow Enterprise app to respect wake states
- Increased event buffer size
- Updated Dashboard layout
- Allow Event drill down from dashboard
- Changed trial to 14 days
4.1.2 – November 10, 2020
- Fixed auto update for Android 6 and earlier
4.1.1 – November 3, 2020
- Added the ability to deactivate device from the Enterprise console
4.1.0 – October 5, 2020
- Added the ability to register within a group at license activation
- Updated to Google API level 30 for Android 11
- Removed duplicate device collection with Enterprise console
- Added PIN validation to licensing
4.0.2 – October 1, 2020
- Updated license message when exceeding activation count
- Added additional homograph protections
- Updated application update logic
- Updated device name algorithm to permit user names
- Updated “Update Rules” menu to just “Update”
- Ask to restart after applying a new license
4.0.1 – August 19, 2020
- Added additional library to support Android 6.0 or earlier.
4.0.0 – August 18, 2020
- Increased performance and decreased CPU usage
- Updated UI to align with new design
- Added Homograph protection
- Added TikTok protection
- Allow license view and addition in main menu
- Changed White list to Allow
- Changed Black list to Deny
- Prevent duplicate allow or deny rule
- Prevent override of a denied rule
- Prevent allowing of denied geographies
- Prevent override of a geofence rule
- Do not log Facebook blocks to enterprise console
- Added Mitre code to enterprise events
- Fixed issues in EU with Samsung email client
- Added vendor information to enterprise events
- On first start show license and request to start
3.5.1 – Nov 20, 2019
- Ensure decimal format uses English separator in console
- Log English regions to enterprise console
- Improved self update logic for reliability on some phones
3.5.0 – Nov 18, 2019
- Added Whitelist and Blacklist options
- Ensure app is restarted when updating rules
- Added support for Enterprise Whitelists and Blacklists
- Improved blocking performance
- Updated blocking rules
- Auto restart after changes to geography
- Various optimizations for Android 10
3.1.0 – Nov 13, 2019
- Added auto-update capability to application
- Whitelisted Samsung smart Things apps
- Updated compatibility for Android 10
- Added more event detail in Enterprise mode
- Fixed possible null when reading license on Android 8
- Ensure app provides better feedback when trial expires
3.0.2 – May 10, 2019
- Whitelisted Google Play Store for app updates
- Updated packet passing for IPv6 over IPv4 exceptions
- Added infrastructure for self updating in next release
3.0.1 – April 16, 2019
- Added explanation when starting VPN for the first time
- Added permissions descriptions when adding a license
- Dynamically extract agent version number
3.0 – April 2, 2019
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Initial Release
- Support for Android 5.0 (API 21) or later
- Enterprise console aware
- Rules Auto updating
- Start on Boot support
- Geo Fencing
- Blocks
- Advertising
- Data collection
- Cryptomining
- Phishing
- Fake News
- Dark Web
- Forensic Tools
- Events Viewer
- Stats counter
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