Advice Request using vpn on iphone iOS 16.1

[simmerskool]

I installed F-Secure Freedome on my iphone running iOS v16.1. installation included my permission to use Freedome on iOS (that's how I understood it) I said ok. I then got a popup from iOS (I think) that said something like: using a vpn will subject to iphone to monitoring and tracking -- that's a very loose paraphrase and I not happy that I didn't get a screenshot or exact verbiage. It seems 180 degree odd as one the purposes of using vpn is privacy & not being tracked. I just did a quick google search but did not find reference to the wording of this permission popup. I installed another vpn couple of years ago, and I don't recall seeing that "warning" --WONDER IF I MISREAD THAT POPUP??

 

[HarborFront]

I think there is a post regarding the use of VPN on iPhone. It seems the iOS can bypass the VPN.........something like that

Search for the thread. I think the thread is about VPN and android and iOS is also being mentioned

 

[simmerskool]

I think there is a post regarding the use of VPN on iPhone. It seems the iOS can bypass the VPN.........something like that

Search for the thread

ok thanks, skimming google I did see some comments that certain "things" could bypass vpn, some thought it was fixed. might be hard to know for sure. I'll keep researching this.

 

[HarborFront]

The link is here

iOS VPNs have Leaked Traffic for More than 2 Years, researcher claims

A security researcher says that Apple's iOS devices don't fully route all network traffic through VPNs, a potential security issue the device maker has known about for years. Michael Horowitz, a longtime computer security blogger and researcher, puts it plainly—if contentiously—in a continually...

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