Guardian Firewall

{{Short description|Mobile application providing a virtual private network}}

Guardian Firewall is a VPN, firewall, and password manager for iOS, which also blocks data and location trackers.{{cite magazine |last1=Lacey |first1=Elena |title=An iPhone App That Protects Your Privacy—For Real This Time |url=https://www.wired.com/story/guardian-firewall-ios-app/ |accessdate=21 September 2019 |magazine=Wired |date=31 July 2019 |quote=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.}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.wired.com/story/guardian-firewall-ios-app/|title=An iPhone App That Protects Your Privacy—For Real This Time|magazine=Wired|date=July 31, 2019|author=Lily Hay Newman|access-date=December 30, 2023}} Its network crypto suite is IPSec (Using IKEv2).{{cite news |first=Andrew |last=Orr |title=This VPN App Claims to Act as an iOS Firewall |url=https://www.macobserver.com/news/vpn-app-ios-firewall/ |accessdate=21 September 2019 |work=The Mac Observer |date=24 October 2018 |quote=It uses IPSec as the network suite.}} The service, which claims to collect no user information,{{cite news |first=Charlie |last=Sorrel |title=Guardian Firewall is the first true privacy-protecting firewall for iOS |url=https://www.cultofmac.com/632256/guardian-firewall-ios/ |accessdate=21 September 2019 |work=Cult of Mac |date=18 June 2019 |quote=The developer says that no information is collected about you.}} takes the form of an app which first became available in June 2019.{{cite news |first=Michael |last=Potuck |title=Guardian VPN privacy app for iOS now open to the public, including lite version |url=https://9to5mac.com/2019/08/05/guardian-firewall-vpn-ios-app/ |accessdate=21 September 2019 |work=9to5Mac |date=5 August 2019 |quote=After launching for a limited amount of users back in June, Guardian Firewall + VPN for iOS has now been made available to the public.}}

The company behind the product is Sudo Security Group.{{cite news |first=Glenn |last=Fleishman |title=This ingenious new iPhone app is a powerful way to foil data snoops |url=https://www.fastcompany.com/90275292/this-ingenious-new-iphone-app-is-a-powerful-way-to-foil-data-snoops |accessdate=21 September 2019 |work=Fast Company |date=3 March 2019 |quote=That led Strafach and his colleagues at Sudo Security Group aim to take practical action.}} Its founder is Will Strafach, a security researcher,{{cite news |first1=Alex |last1=Hern |first2=Julia Carrie |last2=Wong |author2-link=Julia Carrie Wong |title=Apple cracks down on Facebook after it paid teens for access to their data |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/jan/30/facebook-paid-13-year-olds-for-access-to-all-their-internet-data |accessdate=21 September 2019 |work=The Guardian |date=30 January 2019 |quote=Will Strafach, the developer of Guardian Protect, an iOS firewall}}{{cite magazine |title=Unfixable iOS Device Exploit Is the Latest Apple Security Upheaval |url=https://www.wired.com/story/ios-exploit-jailbreak-iphone-ipad/ |accessdate=11 October 2019 |magazine=Wired |date=27 September 2019 |quote=Will Strafach, a longtime iOS jailbreaker and founder of the Guardian Firewall app}} and the COO is Chirayu Patel.{{cite news |first=Zack |last=Whittaker |title=A new 'smart firewall' iPhone app promises to put your privacy before profits |url=https://techcrunch.com/2018/10/24/smart-firewall-guardian-iphone-app-privacy-before-profits/ |accessdate=21 September 2019 |work=TechCrunch |date=24 October 2018 |quote=chief operating officer Chirayu Patel}}

Guardian Firewall was featured in the show Lockdown in 2020.{{Cite web|url=https://www.fastcompany.com/90460410/this-tool-reveals-which-of-your-favorite-apps-are-sharing-way-too-much-data|title = This tool reveals which of your favorite apps are sharing way too much data|date = 6 February 2020}} Later that same year, Guardian began to be offered as an add-on service to the Brave web browser.{{cite web |title=Brave and Guardian Partner to Integrate Brave iOS Browser with Guardian Firewall + VPN |url=https://brave.com/blog/brave-and-guardian/ |publisher=Brave (web browser) |access-date=19 March 2024 |date=27 July 2020 |quote=The Firewall + VPN is built into the Brave iPhone and iPad browser app}}