Does VPNs even work against Big Brother apps? Using one really protects our privacy? (masking our location)
Does VPNs even work against Big Brother apps? Using one really protects our privacy? (masking our location)
I am currently using Proton VPN (free tier) which is set to Always-ON and Block Connections on disable.
Today while I am going through my Gmail security option, on the devices/sessions I found my real location mentioned over there. Even when I use desktop I always connect to VPN.
On this issue I got couple of doubts:
- Is this because I am using a free tier VPN? so it's not functioning properly etc...
- Else google fixed my location based on my previous location history? I used my google applications without VPN for many years, I am just learning & following privacy tips recently.
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Is this because I am using a free tier VPN? so it’s not functioning properly etc…
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Does Proton not have a page to check your IP address and check for DNS leaks (Mullvad does : https://mullvad.net/en -> Check for leaks) ?
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Did you look up your IP address by other means ?
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On the desktop with Linux you can check the content of
/etc/resolv.confandip a(Your local IP) andip r(Gateway address).
Else google fixed my location based on my previous location history? I used my google applications without VPN for many years, I am just learning & following privacy tips recently.
Are the sessions from your last login ? With some applications (Dunno about Google) you can delete older sessions from the overview.
Thank you for the tips. I have checked the leaks turns out it's not the problem with vpn, it's with my gps, metadata thing I think. I guess de-googling my phone solves this.
I had certain APIs circumvent my VPN in the past. Turns out my router was allowing IPv6 traffic and my VPN doesn't support that. Solved it by disabling ipv6.
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