How VPN connection affects your phone’s battery life?
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- Pmm3
- Bnx
- 28 Aug 2024
Anon, 26 Aug 2024Mullvad are based in Sweden and Sweden are part of the 14 E... moreReally?!!! And Surfshark are Base in Nederland from 14 eyes alliance have found 3 trackers and 36 permission!!! Acces_adservices AD_ID , Answer Phone Calls! Read Phone Status and identity for what Reason need all 36 permission?!
Nordvpn Panama have 3 Trackers and 23 permission!! To much ! And for this App It's not Open Source!
Mullvad have 0 Tracker and just 8 permission and it's open source!
Proton Switzerland have 1 tracker Sentry and 10 permission! Open Source!
IVPN VPN (Gibraltar) have 1 tracker Sentry, 15 permission and it's open source ! What is the best VPN?!!
I don't know!
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- Anon
- Myh
- 26 Aug 2024
Pmm3, 25 Aug 2024Yes is good Mullvad don't have any Trackers and App it... moreMullvad are based in Sweden and Sweden are part of the 14 Eyes intelligence alliance so, I'll give this company a miss.
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- 25 Aug 2024
Anonymous, 21 Aug 2024Proton VPN, but if you want a really good vpn for vert litt... moreYes is good Mullvad don't have any Trackers and App it's Open Source , don't require email address because it's Generate ID to Connect the VPN but I don't know have Capabilities of Streaming .
If you want Streaming services and Multi Hop (Secure Core) and another features recommended Proton Plus Plan for 1 years 4.99 USD/month x 12 ! The same price with Mullvad !
If you don't need Streaming Feature just a Simple VPN Connection it's great Mullvad because I have possibility to pay just 5 Euro monthly! And don't need to pay a Plan for 1 years directly!
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- JH9
- 21 Aug 2024
Tyfyh, 13 Jul 2024does anyone know a free vpn?Proton VPN, but if you want a really good vpn for vert little monthly price, I would recommend Mullvad VPN
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- domoon
- wrn
- 18 Aug 2024
any deeper explanation on why different device have big gap of power usage? is it because samsung and xiaomi not well optimized?
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- Anonymous
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- 15 Aug 2024
Anonymous, 13 Jul 2024all good just i wouldn't use nordvpn , they have a ske... moreNord personally consider is not trustworthy VPN because have a lot of trackers on Website. Nord App it's Not Open Source and have trackers from big G . I think Proton it's Ok and the price drops now it's accessible! App it's Open Source and don't have trackers from big G only trackers I found is Sentry! Mullvad and IVPN VPN it's a another option because don't require email address Generate ID. Only single Problem is IVPN Have a small Infrastructure of Servers.
And the last I think PIA VPN it's acceptable No found trackers in App and app it's Open Source!
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- Anonymous
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- 06 Aug 2024
is this an informative, objective piece of information or just paid advertising?
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- j5{
- 30 Jul 2024
Y'all selling out like this is why I feel no guilt over using an adblocker on your site.
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- Stanley Kubrick
- s7r
- 27 Jul 2024
Does it make any difference if you're using WiFi or your cell service? I don't use a VPN (no need) so I am just curious.
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- Cyberchum
- XBF
- 26 Jul 2024
Reader, 13 Jul 2024It would be appreciated if sponsored or otherwise affiliate... moreWhat matters most is that it was an HONEST benchmark, not whether or not it was also an advertisement.
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- Tyas2012
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- 23 Jul 2024
Anonymous, 13 Jul 2024On a low end device, you'll notice significant battery... moreNot true. I'm using Wireguard app on my Snapdragon 625 phone and I see no difference in battery life.
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- Tyas2012
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- 23 Jul 2024
Anonymous, 13 Jul 2024What about secure dns? Does it slow down your internet spee... moreYou are using DNS anyway, so Secure DNS isn't affecting your internet speed comparing to non-secure DNS.
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- Anonymous
- 6jZ
- 17 Jul 2024
I use a privately run VPN service and I can confirm it doesn't hurt battery life so much. I still get more than a day on my S23 and I limit charging to 80%. The VPN is always on otherwise I can't reach most of my self-hosted services.
For public VPN I'd go for mullvad though.
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- 15 Jul 2024
You did not mention what was the wireless connection technology used for the testing: WiFi / Cellular ? If cellular, 4G or 5G ?
This will have a major effect on battery consumption.
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- Tyfyh
- 3Nx
- 14 Jul 2024
Luv Palestine, 13 Jul 2024We need more articles like this With various apps from no... moreno we don't it's a blatant ad if you haven't noticed
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- Anonymous
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- 14 Jul 2024
Leanzazzy, 14 Jul 2024All of these things obviously slow down your Internet speed... moreThank you for this detailed info. I didn't notice big speed difference as well.
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- 14 Jul 2024
Very interesting test. Didn't expect VPN would have any affect
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- mvf
- 14 Jul 2024
Dont use NordVPN though, really bad service. Split tunnel that dont work and even after you filled in a few tickets, 12months later still the same issue.
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- Anonymous
- Ey1
- 14 Jul 2024
Takes even more power to test to see if the VPN is for real actually doing what it is supposed to do. Set up a network to look at the traffic for an extended period of time. Is it for real really encrypted? Probably not all the time. So VPN who cares?
And if the phone is so top notch in the first place when the phone is paid for, why does it need an aftermarket VPN at all anyway? Isn't better really really?
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- Anonymous
- rKN
- 14 Jul 2024
cyber, 13 Jul 2024your home isp knows exactly where you go with or without vp... moreLooks like you need to educate yourself about vpn. With VPN your home ISP can only see that you are connecting to VPN but it can't see what are you searching on the web, though your VPN provider will know that but you are paying for their silence, right?