my apologies for the long screenshot. i had purchased adguard’s vpn service for five years since its primary adguard service is well know in the iapple ecosystem.

on android, though, their app appears to send data to a lot of third-parties. has it always been this compromised? am i a fool to go for their vpn services as well?

  • noodlejetski@lemm.ee
    12·
    10 months ago

    DuckDuckGo uses the VPN slot to work, so if they’re using it to block trackers, they can’t be simultaneously using an actual VPN.

    • viking@infosec.pub
      4·
      10 months ago

      Yep, exactly my thoughts after reading how it works. Actually installed DDG as well to double check, and as expected I can’t run it simultaneously to my VPN.

      • ohwhatfollyisman@lemmy.worldOP
        2·
        10 months ago

        you are correct. activating one switches off the other. but the adguard vpn app still runs in the background even with its own vpn deactivated – and that’s when these requests were caughtin DDG’s net.