kreyszig on Nostr: #Orbot's transparent VPN functionality does not work at all on #Android if a regular ...
#Orbot's transparent VPN functionality does not work at all on #Android if a regular #VPN service is also used, and #Orbot does not warn the user about it at all! #Orbot's SOCKS proxy functionality does work, but it you just select a set of apps to tunnel through #Tor, or if you request #Orbot to tunnel everything, it will not work at all, the data will completely bypass #Orbot. I think this is because #Android does not support multiple VPNs in parallel unless it is rooted.
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