Why VPN on IOS is worthless 🤔

A VPN on iOS is "broken," and Apple does nothing to fix it

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Data leaks have been reported for two years with iPhone and iPad VPNs

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According to a leading security expert and blogger, iOS VPNs fail to secure users' data.

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It may be a shock to users who are trying to protect their online privacy.

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" VPNs on iOS are broken," writes Michael Horowitz on his blog on 25 May

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Using different iOS versions, VPN providers, VPN protocols, and server networks, he ran four tests from his iPad.

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Data leaves the iOS device outside of the VPN tunnel. This is not a classic/legacy DNS leak

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Before establishing a secure connection, iOS VPNs are unable to kill existing sessions.

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Even Proton reported this issue on 2020. Apple still has not solved this.

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