I think the analysis has some good points, but the author is lacking a bit of networking skills, so I’m not sure how trustworthy this can be. Two yellow flags:

I think the analysis has some good points, but the author is lacking a bit of networking skills, so I’m not sure how trustworthy this can be. Two yellow flags: * vpn gateway address can be different from public vpn exit address. What is the surprising part? * I don’t know what pings your “uncloaked” public ip address, but still, when using a vpn, you’re using your own ip address to connect to the gateway. So, there’s no real leak - it would be a leak if some packets went _through the vpn_ to 99.99.99.99, because an observer could spot the strange ip and determine it’s the uncloaked source address. Anyway: who can tell what an iphone or ipad can do? You probably have an associated apple account, et cetera. If you trust such a device for total anonymity, you’re doing it wrong from the start. Pick a Linux laptop for that.