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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Others have said all the important things, but I wanted to add that there are things that Android always tunnels through a VPN, like internet connectivity checks.
So even with Always-ON and Block Connections, this will still ignore a VPN
there are things that Android always tunnels through a VPN
Things that are NOT tunneled through the VPN, you mean.
A VPN is colloquially called a tunnel, so saying something "tunnels through" would mean that it does go through the VPN connection.One of those times where it sounded perfectly correct in my head, whoops