How VPN connection affects your phone’s battery life?
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- 13 Apr 2025
Anonymous, 10 Apr 2025iVPN is the Way ! (Fully-OpenSource, Wireguard TCP, Hagezi ... moreYes IVPN have the most powerful antitrakers first Restrictive or list Hagezi Pro+ ,Ultimate and Second more powerful Antitrakers Hardcore Mode will blocks everything from Google and Facebook! Nothing works No Google play services No maps ll No google Play magazine ! Practically it's like No Google Services in my phone!😍 And Have Mock Location for all App Split Tunneling . You can download from Accrescent is an Android app store focused on security, privacy, and usability. Variant from Google play don't have this feature with very powerful antitrackers.
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- 11 Apr 2025
Anonymous, 11 Apr 2025P.S. : I forgot to mention that even AdGuard may be owned b... moreNevermind AI Tracking those packets.
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- 11 Apr 2025
Anonymous, 11 Apr 2025The censorship 'forgot' the comment about simply ... more*used
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- 11 Apr 2025
Anonymous, 11 Apr 2025The censorship 'forgot' the comment about simply ... moreP.S. : I forgot to mention that even AdGuard may be owned by Google, considering that if you use browserleaks.com/dns , you will find Google and Cloudflare Servers.. :( But both NextDNS and ControlD are far better options in all terms.
VPNs are scams, you can't hide from Layer2. Any one with basic networking understanding will understand this fact. Especially when you have all those Google queries, all the cookies, same patterned usage, hardware fingerprints etc. etc. --someone should actually sue the entire industry.
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- Anonymous
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- 11 Apr 2025
The censorship 'forgot' the comment about simply using a good .config of NextDNS. ;) (or ControlD) --avoid Adguard, they sell the hell out of your data. ;)
(NextDNS may actually be Google's because the Laws aren't what they use to be until the '80s, but using Google blocking Google is pretty lovable.) #EUCOMMISSION
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- Anonymous
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- 10 Apr 2025
In the end, without a proper AdBlocker, you pay for your folly.
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- 10 Apr 2025
Anonymous, 14 Jul 2024Any VPN provider from 14 eyes alliance is not trustworthy a... more+1^n
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- 10 Apr 2025
.alpha, 14 Jul 2024Very interesting test. Didn't expect VPN would have an... moreSo you're clueless how it works ( much routing +more useless encryption ) .
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- 10 Apr 2025
Anonymous, 13 Jul 2024Proton is good 👍Too Expensive than it's competition. (iVPN especially)
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- 10 Apr 2025
Tyas2012, 26 Oct 2024These VPNs are terrible in terms of privacy. I reccomend so... moreP.S. : You forgot 'Cryptostorm'. (anyway, Always Fully Open-Source First Rule!)
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- Anonymous
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- 10 Apr 2025
iVPN is the Way ! (Fully-OpenSource, Wireguard TCP, Hagezi Ultimate!!) --still ! Check where you land..do some research who's hosting, avoid companies that are everywhere...
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- 08 Mar 2025
Robby, 04 Mar 2025Super interesting test but I'm missing some details to... moreTCP it's better than UDP because it's hard to block by your ISP.
OpenVPN TCP or Wireguard over TCP bought it's better. UDP have more Speed but it's easy for your ISP to detect and blocks!
About Browser for Android it's very good Brave because have AdBlock er incorporated WebRTC it's closed and don't have DNS Leak! My opinion
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- 04 Mar 2025
Super interesting test but I'm missing some details to clear things up.
Als a tech enthousiast I would like to know which VPN protocol was used. Openvpn, wireguard, something proprietary by NordVPN? UDP or TCP?
The no difference in standby time is technically super weird because normally a VPN "shortens" the data packets transfered per packet send. Usually this means more packets have to be send in VPN compared to no VPN to transfer the same amount of data. More packets should equal more work which should equal less battery lifetime.
And with the browsing time I didn't find which browser was used. All the same or stock browser shipped by the phone brand? Does the VPN also do adblocking or is it unfiltered? Some software keeps trying to connect to the internet despite the connection being blocked (looking at you Redmi;) ) this could also explain the higher "workload" on a phone when actively using the VPN or perhaps it's just a difference in SoC with cryptography acceleration efficiency
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- 28 Feb 2025
jakas, 27 Feb 2025I use surfshark have VPN ON ALL THE TIME connected to asia ... moreSurfshark have 3 trackers - 2 from Google way???
And Application Surfshark it's not Open Source! What hidden?
Amd Way you need 39 Permission in your Phone?
VS .Mullvad have just 8 permission it's Open Source App 0 Trackers and have ShadowSocks Protocols for special needs!
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- 27 Feb 2025
I use surfshark have VPN ON ALL THE TIME connected to asia while I am in Europe. No much different is battery life. Using Ultra S22 samsung.
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- 26 Feb 2025
Stu, 24 Feb 2025OkayHave a good and beautiful day!
The most powerful Antitrackers Have IVPN VPN with Hardcore Anti tracker . In Hardcore Mode practically Google and Facebook it's Dead because it's blocking all DNS content. It's Anti Surveillance BiG G and Facebook nothing work No Google Play no google app, No Facebook, It's enough to powerful than can block Trackers from Whatsapp!!
And Number 2 it's Mullvad and 3 Proton with the best Ad Blocker!
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- 24 Feb 2025
Anonymous, 13 Feb 2025Stealth Protocols it's for Obfuscation and it's u... moreOkay
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- 13 Feb 2025
Stu, 10 Feb 2025Stealth protocolStealth Protocols it's for Obfuscation and it's using only kind a you're mobile operator it's blocking connexion (UDP) User Datagram Protocol. Stay with Smart Protocols and you have problems with this connexion use manually (TCP)Transmission Control Protocol! Example Wireguard over TCP or OpenVPN TCP and last option it's Stealth protocol!
Good lock! Attention to your Browser because you don't have WebRTC Leak or in meniu of your telephone - Network and Internet the last option it's Private DNS and you have to put to Off .
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- 10 Feb 2025
Stu, 10 Feb 2025Hmm. Actually i saw that the "stealth protoco" t... moreStealth protocol
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- 10 Feb 2025
Anonymous, 01 Feb 2025Yes it's possible because VPN run in background permanently!Hmm.
Actually i saw that the "stealth protoco" takes more battery while using proton vpn.