I’m currently using “OpenVPN for Android”, and it mostly works, but the UI is very dated and hard to use (I can’t figure out how to delete a VPN profile), and crashes if it goes into split screen mode. Is there a better open source VPN client for Android that supports OpenVPN or Wireguard configuration files?
The best wireguard app at least is the one made by them, I think just called wireguard for android. Not sure about openvpn but sometimes your provider will have apps.
Can confirm, it’s just called Wireguard and it’s on F-Droid to boot. It’s also ridiculously more battery friendly than OpenVPN. OpenVPN will devour your battery in a matter of hours.
Yuuup. I will not go back to openVPN, wireguard spoiled me.
I watched a video that showed 4 repeating GPS coordinates can identify you as a unique individual with 95% accuracy even if you are using a VPN. Don’t assume a VPN is giving you privacy.
Don’t assume a VPN is giving you privacy.
This, so much this. See also joepie91@github: Don’t use VPN services.
Good points, especially the fact that IP addresses aren’t the only tracking asset. Though I wonder if you only use third party libre clients, obfuscating your IP address can actually work.
Though I wonder if you only use third party libre clients, obfuscating your IP address can actually work.
Depends on who your adversaries are. First you need to do a threat model analysis. If you really want to have anonymity, you have to use TOR.
I have a super short opsec guide here, appreciate more input: https://wiki.tilde.fun/guide/opsec
Regarding anonymity and tor, this post: Tor 0day: Finding IP Addresses, was shared a while back and the points made about Gods Eye monitoring were pretty interesting to me in terms of an idea of having anonymity. The metaphor of a snake eating a rifle being akin to a user downloading a large file was particularly poignant.
https://www.hackerfactor.com/blog/index.php?/archives/896-Tor-0day-Finding-IP-Addresses.html
Tor is useless.
Nice, elaborate!
Good thing I don’t have GPS enabled unless I absolutely trust the app. It’s certainly not enabled for the browser.
Mullvad app works for me
Does it work for non-mullvad services?
Oh, no.
Unfortunately, no. However, the Wireguard app does work for non-Mullvad Wireguard connections. It’s not as easy or convenient to use as MullvadVPN’s app, but it’s not difficult either.
Have you tried OpenVPN Connect?
I thought it was proprietary.
Jusy looked around, apparently it is indeed proprietary. Well this doesn’t make any sense why make a proprietary VPN client and call it OpenVPN? Anyway it seems like you are stuck with OpenVPN for Android dude :(
Well, OpenVPN is the name of the protocol, not the client.
Didn’t Android use to have OpenVPN capabilities in the OS itself?
