Possibly linux to PrivacyEnglish • 3 months agoNetGuard - A simple way to block access to the internet per appnetguard.meexternal-linkmessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up177arrow-down13 cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish0•3 months agoWell these programs actually ARE VPNs. I wonder if they provide any protection? Free VPN anyone?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish-2•3 months agoDropping your pants to every site you visit, telling them where you live and who your Internet provider is, yadida yadida.
minus-squareFuck spezlinkfedilinkEnglish3•3 months agoIt’s not an actual VPN, it just tells the OS that it is and then routes traffic from blocked apps to 127.0.0.1 or 0.0.0.0 rather than a real VPN endpoint.
No everyone is using a VPN
Well these programs actually ARE VPNs.
I wonder if they provide any protection? Free VPN anyone?
Protection against what?
Dropping your pants to every site you visit, telling them where you live and who your Internet provider is, yadida yadida.
It’s not an actual VPN, it just tells the OS that it is and then routes traffic from blocked apps to 127.0.0.1 or 0.0.0.0 rather than a real VPN endpoint.
That’s not how that works