[newaccount74]

Shady shit? Not every network request is a call to an HTTP REST API.

Blocking socket APIs would break every app that supports other protocols. Goodbye file transfer apps, VPN apps, file sync apps, database tools, SSH clients, remote desktop clients, audio and video conferencing apps, etc.

[9dev]

As long as I can add exceptions for those apps to my firewall, I’m kind of… okay with that?

[Spivak]

Shady shit meaning really obvious when you're making http calls with encrypted opaque blobs.