Possibly linux to PrivacyEnglish • 4 days agoNetGuard - A simple way to block access to the internet per appnetguard.meexternal-linkmessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up176arrow-down12 cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish0•3 days agoWell these programs actually ARE VPNs. I wonder if they provide any protection? Free VPN anyone?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish-1•3 days agoDropping your pants to every site you visit, telling them where you live and who your Internet provider is, yadida yadida.
minus-squareFuck spezlinkfedilinkEnglish2•2 days 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.
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