Gambling and Adult content DNS blocking using Mullvad VPN

Re:Gambling and Adult content DNS blocking using Mullvad VPN by flas9sd on Wednesday July 13, 2022 @06:41PM (#32089640)

on paper (Android 8 and up) has the always-on type VPN that blocks any network connection not using the vpn (disallows bypass). Didn't poke it yet how it works if multiple apps create VPNs, I assume only one VPN of this type can be active

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Re:Gambling and Adult content DNS blocking using Mullvad VPN by jeroenhd on Thursday July 14, 2022 @07:00AM (#32094342)

The single app restriction is a consequence of how the API works, but the always on VPN doesn't prohibit system apps from binding to an interface and bypassing the VPN configuration.

This kind of makes sense, you probably want a modem manager to talk to the modem interface directly, but it can be abused by data hungry manufacturers and perhaps Google.

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Re:Gambling and Adult content DNS blocking using Mullvad VPN by flas9sd on Thursday July 14, 2022 @10:05PM (#32103810)

thanks for your clarification. With custom roms there is at least user control on system apps and their permissions.

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