I watched a video that showed 4 repeating GPS coordinates can identify you as a unique individual with 95% accuracy even if you are using a VPN. Don't assume a VPN is giving you privacy.
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Don’t assume a VPN is giving you privacy.
This, so much this. See also joepie91@github: Don't use VPN services.
Good points, especially the fact that IP addresses aren't the only tracking asset. Though I wonder if you only use third party libre clients, obfuscating your IP address can actually work.
Though I wonder if you only use third party libre clients, obfuscating your IP address can actually work.
Depends on who your adversaries are. First you need to do a threat model analysis. If you really want to have anonymity, you have to use TOR.
I have a super short opsec guide here, appreciate more input: https://wiki.tilde.fun/guide/opsec
Regarding anonymity and tor, this post: Tor 0day: Finding IP Addresses, was shared a while back and the points made about Gods Eye monitoring were pretty interesting to me in terms of an idea of having anonymity. The metaphor of a snake eating a rifle being akin to a user downloading a large file was particularly poignant.
https://www.hackerfactor.com/blog/index.php?/archives/896-Tor-0day-Finding-IP-Addresses.html
Tor is useless.
Nice, elaborate!
Good thing I don't have GPS enabled unless I absolutely trust the app. It's certainly not enabled for the browser.
Mullvad app works for me
Does it work for non-mullvad services?
Unfortunately, no. However, the Wireguard app does work for non-Mullvad Wireguard connections. It's not as easy or convenient to use as MullvadVPN's app, but it's not difficult either.
Oh, no.
The best wireguard app at least is the one made by them, I think just called wireguard for android. Not sure about openvpn but sometimes your provider will have apps.
Can confirm, it's just called Wireguard and it's on F-Droid to boot. It's also ridiculously more battery friendly than OpenVPN. OpenVPN will devour your battery in a matter of hours.
Yuuup. I will not go back to openVPN, wireguard spoiled me.
Have you tried OpenVPN Connect?
I thought it was proprietary.
Jusy looked around, apparently it is indeed proprietary. Well this doesn't make any sense why make a proprietary VPN client and call it OpenVPN? Anyway it seems like you are stuck with OpenVPN for Android dude :(
Well, OpenVPN is the name of the protocol, not the client.
Didn't Android use to have OpenVPN capabilities in the OS itself?