Many of us rely on VPNs to protect privacy, make our communications secure, and also prevent any attempt to track you and see what you're doing on the web. Camel It is not as we imagine, and some data has been leaked, although the main purpose is to protect our data and prevent our identity and location from being recognized, and the worst is that Apple knows this problem and has not solved it yet.
VPN apps
The story began when a security researcher posted on his blog a constantly updated topic about VPNs on the iPhone and pointed out that they do not provide protection and are just fraudulent applications, and added that these types of applications leak user data and Apple has knowledge of the matter, but turns a blind eye to it. .
Security researcher Michael Horowitz claims he was able to ensure that VPN apps and service providers were able to leak user data and tested it on several such apps on an iPhone running iOS 15.6.
How is data leaked?
A VPN should establish a secure, encrypted connection between your device and the Internet through a tunnel or private network through which your data and communications can travel. However, Horowitz clarifies that all sessions and connections established before activating and using the VPN app must be terminated and this does not happen by default, which means that user data can still be accessed outside the VPN range.
Horowitz also investigated further to see if any iPhone VPN service providers had implemented an option called Kill TCP Sockets after connection that would automatically shut down those connections, and after reviewing some VPN services, Horowitz found that these apps do not provide an option to terminate connections that were established before using VPN services.
What about Apple
Horowitz sees VPNs as being relied upon by the user because they want to secure and protect their data and prevent access to it. VPN applications may try to protect the data but fail to do their job. It was found that the issue affects services like ProtonVPN, WireGuard, Windscribe, and others. Which indicates that the vulnerability lies in the iPhone operating system itself.
The security researcher explained that Apple is aware of the matter but has not addressed the issue despite the fact that it had been two years since it was first introduced and that was in March 2020. When the service reported ProtonVPN that details of what appears to be the same error were found. The data of VPN users who used an iPhone running iOS 13 and iOS 14 were leaked.
What is the solution?
One solution is to use Apple's Always On VPN feature, which allows you to have complete control over your traffic. It ensures that the VPN's encryption tunnel is always active so all your communications are protected. However, the process of enabling this feature is complicated and not many users can do it.
ProtonVPN suggested turning on Airplane Mode after activating the VPN to shut down all connections to the device, pause the VPN, and then turn off Airplane Mode. This will restart the VPN again thus eliminating any previous connections. Your connection is fully encrypted, however Airplane Mode may not stop 100% of previous connections.
Ultimately, Horowitz advises not to trust any VPN service provider on iPhones. Instead, he thinks it's best to use a VPN from your router to protect your entire network. Thus, all devices connected to the network are secured and protected. Including your iPhone and in this way all your past and current communications will be encrypted.
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Has the problem been resolved by Apple now or not?
Hello Hamed Nazzal 🙋♂️, Until now, Apple has not solved the problem related to data leakage through VPN applications. But we always recommend updating to the latest version of iOS, as there may be important security updates. Don't forget to stay away from suspicious applications and check the source of the application before installing it! 😊📱💻🔒
Thanks for the great article 🌹
There are no Arab sites that offer a comparison between VPN application programs to raise awareness.. Only non-Arab sites offer comparison tables for reliability tests on an ongoing basis.
Yes use 1.1.1
Use a vpn from Kaspersky, is it also unsafe?
Kaspersky is one of the best antivirus and spyware protection companies. It is assumed that the VPN is safe and more secure, because all the data will pass through their servers.
I use
"DNSCloak"
I think it is safe. Any confirmation?
dnscloak
This is what a VPN is an encryption tunnel whose function it creates an internal VPN connection only and through it you can filter what you want from ads and others, but it does not protect privacy and does not change the IP in the first place
Frankly, I recommend Windscribe to everyone who has subscribed for XNUMX years, and the protection is very high
The VPN app is not working on the iPhone, according to Apple
I expect the article.. about free vpn applications.. what is the content of it
Useful information Thank you
May Allah reward you for our beautiful website, Phone Islam, for providing us with such good and useful information.
Good luck for this creative article, important and strange information. Apple did not solve this simple problem, use VPN applications on iPhone, especially Proton, and also use TOR sometimes if you are looking for sensitive information
Excellent, we understood the topic of entering the VPN in the router settings, but which user name and password to enter??
Subscribe to the VPN service and they will give you a username and password. Put them in the VPN settings in the router settings and then restart the router. In this way, the VPN is working as long as the router is working, unless the VPN subscription package is finished according to your subscription with a specific package or an open package for a certain monthly amount
Hey guys, the way to run the VPN on the router is easy. You don’t need education or explanation. The whole issue is that the user enters the router settings and then the VPN settings and puts the user name and password and salvation
Recommend us an excellent VPN service to subscribe
Please explain how to run a vpn through a router. Thank you
Please answer the previous questions with explanation
Please, how to run a vpn through the router in a new article
Hi
How can the VPN run through the router?
Peace, mercy and blessings of God be upon you, every router has settings, go to the settings on the router and turn on the VPN settings and put your account data and password for the VPN and make a connection. You don't need anything, even if you don't know how to see a computer technician who will fix it for you
The process is simple, but you need to go to the VPN service, get the access data and the type of protocol, and then enter the router settings in the way everyone knows 192.168.1.1 or 192.168.0.1, and miss the VPN option, add the data, and restore the device
We hope a special article from Von Islam on this subject!