VPNs on iOS Are a Scam (2022)(michaelhorowitz.com)
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VPNs on iOS Are a Scam (2022)
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3 comments
1. You're right on that >_<
2. I found this article because I was having issues with my VPN on my workplace's network. The DNS was leaking and they were blackholing some of Apple's sites. Took me a while to find out that this was "by design". Pretty annoying, but I do understand your point :D
2. I found this article because I was having issues with my VPN on my workplace's network. The DNS was leaking and they were blackholing some of Apple's sites. Took me a while to find out that this was "by design". Pretty annoying, but I do understand your point :D
Yeah, there was a large discussion on it in 2022 (525 points, 246 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32488308
2. This is about "VPNs" which are not true Virtual Private Networks but more anonymizing or semi anonymizing gateway services.
I use a WireGuard VPN to connect to services at home from my phone that I don't want on the public internet, and that is an actual VPN in the classic sense. And in this use case I don't want all traffic to go through it because that would be annoying. VPN infrastructure was designed with this case in mind and this paid service approach (do you really trust it?) is just piggybacking on the technology.