iOS VPNs have leaked traffic for years, researcher claims
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iOS VPNs have leaked traffic for years, researcher claims
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#2Even WireGuard is also impacted on iOS.
The author of WireGuard lamented that certain network pathway must be preserved for existing Apple infrastructure before WireGuard app can be approved and made available by Apple App Store.
So, there is no easy way to catalogue what kind of cellular data traffic unless we magically ran a network capture (WireSHARK) at cell tower level or root our iOS phone.
I do do know for iOS phones that cellular data traffic is drastically different than LAN-based WiFi traffic.
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#3Previous discussion from 4 days ago with 240+ comments.
"VPNs on iOS are a scam" - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32488308
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#4What about MacOS?
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#5Is this talking about Cell Phones only ? To me it seems to.
No surprise with IOS, and I am rather sure the same can be said for Android. Cell Phones are closed systems, so the manufacturers can get around anything and probably do a good job of hiding this too.
If you want to hide yourself, never use any Cell Phone.
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#6What about MacOS?
You are probably better off, but if you are using an Apple browser, who knows. I am sure the same applies to M/S Windows.
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#7Re: iOS VPNs have leaked traffic for years, researcher claims
#8Is this talking about Cell Phones only ? To me it seems to. No surprise with IOS, and I am rather sure the same can be said for Android. Cell Phones are closed systems, so the manufacturers can get around anything and probably do a good job of hiding this too. If you want to hide yourself, never use any Cell Phone.
Read the primary source:
https://www.michaelhorowitz.com/VPNs.on.iOS.are.scam.php
This includes WiFi as well.
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#9What about MacOS?
On macOS/Windows/Linux a VPN client can configure the system firewall to block all non-VPN traffic, as insurance against leaks.
There's no such configurable firewall on iOS or Android so you just have to trust that the system VPN interface is watertight.
Re: iOS VPNs have leaked traffic for years, researcher claims
#10What about MacOS?
On macOS/Windows/Linux a VPN client can configure the system firewall to block all non-VPN traffic, as insurance against leaks. There's no such configurable firewall on iOS or Android so you just have to trust that the system VPN interface is watertight.
it's not like they haven't tried on macOS
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24838816
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25109724
(this was reverted after backlash)