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>What exactly are your threat models that this is causing a problem for you? If I connect to a public wifi hotspot and use a VPN, I used to be under the genera
by kjaftaedi 6y ago
>What exactly are your threat models that this is causing a problem for you?
If I connect to a public wifi hotspot and use a VPN, I used to be under the general assumption that my network traffic would be sent through my network tunnel and not be accessible to other users of the same hotspot.
- tait 6y agoAgreed! One of the points of having a VPN is to be able to run software without every single middle man on the network knowing what you are running. For example, say someone hypothetically wanted to post a comment on twitter that, again, hypothetically, was politically inconvenient for some authority figure. The fact they launched twitter at about the time that comment was posted might be something they would prefer to not have reported on the internet at all, and certainly not without encryption. Generally, this falls into the general category of "I may disagree with what you say, but I will fight for your right to say it".
- srg0 6y ago> without every single middle man on the network knowing what you are running with a different chain of middle men, ftfy.
- blub 6y agoI can't find Patrick Wardle claiming that Apple apps aren't routed through the VPN. This claim was made my "Maxwell", but they didn't provide any proof. Some VPNs were using kexts before Big Sur, some weren't. Wireguard for example is a normal AppStore app which integrates with the OS VPN support. It would suck to be confirmed that it's leaking traffic. For what it's worth, a VPN will not protect you from threats on a hostile network.