You will be surprised to learn not everyone lives in the EU ;)

There will be a ton of great privacy services that will be unaffected or will just leave the EU market (including signal). No need to switch to a completely unproven chat.

Sorry my bad, I should of responded in a more professional tone.

Yeah I totally agree there is a valid reason to have the function but its all moot if the function doesn’t work correctly.

Either you didn’t read the github comments or dont understand how vpns work.

If the VPN over hotspot function leaks data outside the tunnel, then your phones data is going to be revealed in the clear.

No offence but that’s terrible logic.

There is no point in using a vpn if you don’t care if your data leaks outside the tunnel.

It would be much better to just use a free VPN, like proton, on all devices instead and then just use the regular hotspot functionality.

Yeah Im gonna pass on the non audited chat with only 5 stars and stick to using signal.

LineageOS implementation of this is poorly done and will leak data outside of your VPN tunnel.

https://github.com/mullvad/mullvadvpn-app/issues/4016#issuecomment-2422616515

I doubt it. I think OP wanted upvotes and didn’t read carefully. Something like “tor user de-anonymized via retired app” would of been more accurate.

This is another great lesson that even the best privacy tools can’t protect a user from their own bad opsec.

It just sucks as a lot of Lemmy users will just read the title and assume its true and then tell their friends tor is no longer safe.

Yeah not sure why OP felt the need to use such a click-bait title.

Thinking isn’t your strong suit

I think your misinterpreting your own social anxieties as being made to feel like an “outcast”.

The fact of the matter is it’s just not normal to question why a store wants your phone number and I’m sure the cashier was taken aback by the whole situation.

Convenience, not privacy, is the norm. There is going to be tons and tons of awkward social interactions when you go against social norms. Accept it and be proud your advocating for your privacy.

Its a pretty low bar but Android is going to be more private then Windows. Google having privileged access to your phone is still terrible but Windows doesn’t really have any privacy protections by default. Android at least does things such as sandboxing its non privileged apps. It also provides a lot better hardware security for your data then most Windows devices would…outside of secure core pcs its pretty trash for hardware privacy in the Windows world.

Yeah. The 2$/month port forwarding option can also be a great deal as well especially if combined with the lifetime pro memberships they used to sell for $30 back in the 2010s.

Mullvad, IVPN, and Proton are the top tier for privacy respecting VPNs.

Windscribe and AirVPN are also decent options but do not have the audit history to be in the same tier as the other 3.

Most other VPNs people mention either have a dubious history or no real proof of their claims to be privacy respecting.

Tor cant save you from bad opsec.

Wrong guy. We agree. Try and read carefully.

Lol because there has never been an issue with randomized data. This also does nothing to alleviate the issue of privileged access. You are clueless.

I am not going through this wall of BS point by point but here is a fine example of how I know you have no clue what your talking about…

One place I strongly disagree with Graphene OS is the sandboxed Google services framework. They say having Google in a sandbox is more secure. It may be more secure, but it isn’t going to be as private as MicroG.

MicorG has privileged access to you phone, it literally has no privacy benefits over even standard Google Play. You are just choosing to trust MicroG with that level of access instead of Google.

Honestly just don’t use GOS if you don’t believe in its benefits or at least sack up and post this on their official forum.

This is missing a critical piece of context. What is your threat model? Its impossible to know if what your doing even makes sense without that. What are you trying to protect and who are you trying to protect it from?