Data Usage/ Image Blocking

[Jamisbrill]

I would think this would be rather unlikely but is it possible to block images in specific android applications ,

such as in (Facebook) messenger to save data ?

[Brightglaive]

On what kind of device? Smartphone, tablet, PC?  And what OS? android, IOS, Windows phone OS, Linux, Windows (XP-10?), Mac OS X (jungle cat version?) Are you looking to do it at network level?  Your question is a little vague. So if you can clarify it will be easier to zero in on a solution for your specific issue.

 

Let me clarify... what you are looking for is called content filtering and it can generally be done on the device (less effective because the device still receives data sent to it and just discards it. However, software can block outgoing requests thus preventing most incoming traffic). A better solution is to do this at the network level. Where content filtering and content delivery can be combined to cache specific content locally (to avoid sending multiple requests out to the WAN/internet) and filter outgoing and incoming requests for particular content you want to block. On mobile networks this is generally just not possible (your service provider may have some filtering options so check with them directly. Your mileage may vary.)   On LANs and Wifi it is very possible. 

[Jamisbrill]

On 05/12/2016 at 8:51 PM, Brightglaive said:

On what kind of device? Smartphone, tablet, PC?  And what OS? android, IOS, Windows phone OS, Linux, Windows (XP-10?), Mac OS X (jungle cat version?) Are you looking to do it at network level?  Your question is a little vague. So if you can clarify it will be easier to zero in on a solution for your specific issue.

 

Let me clarify... what you are looking for is called content filtering and it can generally be done on the device (less effective because the device still receives data sent to it and just discards it. However, software can block outgoing requests thus preventing most incoming traffic). A better solution is to do this at the network level. Where content filtering and content delivery can be combined to cache specific content locally (to avoid sending multiple requests out to the WAN/internet) and filter outgoing and incoming requests for particular content you want to block. On mobile networks this is generally just not possible (your service provider may have some filtering options so check with them directly. Your mileage may vary.)   On LANs and Wifi it is very possible. 

Yeah , its definitely not possible then, but your input was very interesting , thanks anyway

[Mornincupofhate]

9 hours ago, Jamisbrill said:

Yeah , its definitely not possible then, but your input was very interesting , thanks anyway

It can be done. You'll need to setup your device so that it allows the router to decrypt the SSL data and then re-encrypt it.