Mullvad: Android may leak information when connected to a VPN

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The actual source from October 2022: https://mullvad.net/en/blog/2022/10/10/android-leaks-connect...

>As a comparison, the privacy and security focused Android based distribution GrapheneOS provides users with the option to disable connectivity checks. If that option is enabled, the above leaks could not be observed by us.

Yet another win for GrapheneOS.

On Lineage I see that

``` $ sudo settings get global captive_portal_mode ```

results in 'null'. Is that the same as it being off?

(2022)

Previously discussed: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33152657

The contemporary iOS VPN leaks mentioned there: https://www.ipvanish.com/blog/ios-vpn-leaks/

Disabling the connectivity check on Android or changing the URL to your own server: https://mullvad.net/en/help/configure-connectivity-checks-on...

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