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4 days agoAuthor says it should work even in airplane mode which is pretty cool.
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Instead of naming my all time favorites I’ll name my most recent favorites…
Inter Profile Sharing - FOSS app to share files and text between android profiles. Super useful as a GOS user.
WG-tunnel - A way more feature rich version of the Wireguard app.
No worries. They are both good VPNs. You really can’t go wrong.
The problem is they were bought out by Pango which is not a trustworthy company.
I have used both Mullvad and AirVPN for extended periods of time.
Mullvad is the gold standard. If you don’t need port forwarding and privacy is your biggest concern there is no better choice. Check out their server infrastructure, and tools such as DAITA / Leta / Mullvad browser to see how much they contribute to the privacy community.
Mullvad is also a much better UX. AirVPN Eddie client feels like its stuck in 1998.
Both are good VPNs - Mullvad just happens to be the best. The only real issue, from a privacy perspective, with AirVPN is they refuse to be audited so you are stuck just trusting they do what they say but OTOH they have been around for a long time and never given a reason not to be trusted.
If you do need port forwarding, AirVPN probably has the best implementation of it. They also have customizable DNS on a per device level which is also pretty cool.
Looks like they
- collect “depersonalized” data
- they use hidden pixels for tracking
- allow advertisers to gather info such as your IP address
So they share “depersonalized” data with advertisers.
They user hidden pixels to track you on their website.
And they allow advertisers to collect your IP address to send you personalized ads.
Maybe I’m just being dumb and can’t find it but…its a massive red flag for a VPN not to have a privacy policy.
381·12 days agoI’m always skeptical when something is called privacy focused and the article lists no privacy features.
Does this actually provide any new unique privacy features or is it something akin to arkenfox where it is just getting everything upstream from firefox?
You will be surprised to learn not everyone lives in the EU ;)
There will be a ton of great privacy services that will be unaffected or will just leave the EU market (including signal). No need to switch to a completely unproven chat.
As someone who worked in the restaurant industry this name made me shutter.
Sorry my bad, I should of responded in a more professional tone.
Yeah I totally agree there is a valid reason to have the function but its all moot if the function doesn’t work correctly.
Either you didn’t read the github comments or dont understand how vpns work.
If the VPN over hotspot function leaks data outside the tunnel, then your phones data is going to be revealed in the clear.
No offence but that’s terrible logic.
There is no point in using a vpn if you don’t care if your data leaks outside the tunnel.
It would be much better to just use a free VPN, like proton, on all devices instead and then just use the regular hotspot functionality.
Yeah Im gonna pass on the non audited chat with only 5 stars and stick to using signal.
LineageOS implementation of this is poorly done and will leak data outside of your VPN tunnel.
https://github.com/mullvad/mullvadvpn-app/issues/4016#issuecomment-2422616515
I doubt it. I think OP wanted upvotes and didn’t read carefully. Something like “tor user de-anonymized via retired app” would of been more accurate.
This is another great lesson that even the best privacy tools can’t protect a user from their own bad opsec.
It just sucks as a lot of Lemmy users will just read the title and assume its true and then tell their friends tor is no longer safe.
Yeah not sure why OP felt the need to use such a click-bait title.
Thinking isn’t your strong suit
Its always the lineageos stans that can’t take the truth.
Would a research paper change your mind?
https://infosec.exchange/@rene_mobile/113431029855652363
What about a security expert?