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Novel attack against virtually all VPN apps neuters their entire purpose
(arstechnica.com)
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this post was submitted on 06 May 2024
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That being said, it apparently does not affect Mullvad apps on any platform other than iOS (Apple does not allow fixing it on iOS). I suspect other serious VPNs are also not vulnerable outside iOS, since it is prevented by simple leak prevention mechanism.