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Re:Apple apps on Big Sur bypass some firewalls and VPNs by ComodoHacker on Monday November 16, 2020 @08:19AM (#25111265)
>It's physically impossible for your devices to bypass the VPN

It's not true. There are bugs and vulnerabilities, some of them can be exploited remotely. OpenWRT is no exception here. Better than many maybe, but not invulnerable.

And please, let's stick to professional terminology and call these "VPNs" what they are - transparent L2/L3 proxies.

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Re:Apple apps on Big Sur bypass some firewalls and VPNs by Spivak on Monday November 16, 2020 @08:40AM (#25111462)
Bugs and vulnerabilities are an ever-present thing. You don’t really need to mention them when making a statement like the parent’s.

Also I don’t think your terminology is really all that helpful. These services are literally VPNs. Trying to make a distinction doesn’t really add anything when VPN is already an established well understood term. This just adds confusion when there are already L3 proxies.

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