Privacy Ratings

Firewalls

Uncomplicated Firewall privacy rating

Command-line front end for managing Netfilter firewall rules on Linux, the default firewall tool on Ubuntu, with simple commands for allowing and denying traffic.

Summary

Uncomplicated Firewall scores 80 out of 100 (grade B) on the firewalls criteria. It meets 3 of 4 criteria: open source, no trackers or telemetry and no ads or data sales. It does not meet independent audit.

Score 80 out of 100. How scoring works

Criteria

  • Yes

    Open source Weight 3 of 3

    Is all the source code needed to run the product public?

    GPL-3.0.

    git.launchpad.net

  • Yes

    No trackers or telemetry Weight 3 of 3

    Are the website and apps free of third-party trackers, with any analytics anonymous and any telemetry off by default?

    No telemetry or analytics in the source code, and the Launchpad project page loads no trackers.

    git.launchpad.net

  • Yes

    No ads or data sales Weight 2 of 3

    Is the product funded without advertising, ad targeting or selling user data?

    Free software maintained within Ubuntu, with no ads or data sales.

    launchpad.net

  • No

    Independent audit Weight 2 of 3

    Has an independent security or privacy audit been published within the last three years?

    No independent audit is published.

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