Mullvad: Android may leak information when connected to a VPN (ghacks.net) 37 points by paulcarroty 2y ago ↗ HN
[–] lern_too_spel 2y ago ↗ (2022)Previously discussed: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33152657The contemporary iOS VPN leaks mentioned there: https://www.ipvanish.com/blog/ios-vpn-leaks/Disabling the connectivity check on Android or changing the URL to your own server: https://mullvad.net/en/help/configure-connectivity-checks-on...
[–] drunner 2y ago ↗ The actual source from October 2022: https://mullvad.net/en/blog/2022/10/10/android-leaks-connect... [–] ThePowerOfFuet 2y ago ↗ >As a comparison, the privacy and security focused Android based distribution GrapheneOS provides users with the option to disable connectivity checks. If that option is enabled, the above leaks could not be observed by us.Yet another win for GrapheneOS. [–] tetris11 2y ago ↗ On Lineage I see that``` $ sudo settings get global captive_portal_mode ```results in 'null'. Is that the same as it being off?
[–] ThePowerOfFuet 2y ago ↗ >As a comparison, the privacy and security focused Android based distribution GrapheneOS provides users with the option to disable connectivity checks. If that option is enabled, the above leaks could not be observed by us.Yet another win for GrapheneOS. [–] tetris11 2y ago ↗ On Lineage I see that``` $ sudo settings get global captive_portal_mode ```results in 'null'. Is that the same as it being off?
[–] tetris11 2y ago ↗ On Lineage I see that``` $ sudo settings get global captive_portal_mode ```results in 'null'. Is that the same as it being off?
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[ 3.6 ms ] story [ 26.3 ms ] threadPreviously discussed: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33152657
The contemporary iOS VPN leaks mentioned there: https://www.ipvanish.com/blog/ios-vpn-leaks/
Disabling the connectivity check on Android or changing the URL to your own server: https://mullvad.net/en/help/configure-connectivity-checks-on...
Yet another win for GrapheneOS.
``` $ sudo settings get global captive_portal_mode ```
results in 'null'. Is that the same as it being off?