Do you always leave VPN on with a smartphone?

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I usually only turn it on when I’m on public WiFi. Was wondering what everyone else did?

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i have a VPN running on my home router. I have a constant connection to that from my phone. That way, it keeps me safe on public wifi and i also can access all my home services, cameras, etc, on my home network.

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Mine stays on all the time with the exception of certain services that detect my VPN and won’t function with it on.

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gambling is restricted in turkey so its always on with killswitch.

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I keep the VPN on all the time on the phone. It incorporates adblockers and other filters.

I just keep the 1 app to do it all. I’m already paying for it to use on the desktop and Firestick.

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I use VPN on public WiFi and when watching YouTube or Twitch.

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I keep my vpn active on my phone at all times. I haven’t noticed any noticeable speed issues but seldomly will encounter connection issues when the network/signal is weak.

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Yes. That way I don’t have to remember to turn it on. Haven’t noticed any decrease in speed, as the VPN is faster than mobile data.

Use the same service on my laptop. Speed decrease is negligible and don’t notice any difference.

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I run a personal wireguard vpn server on a cloud VPS and tunnel my home network routers and all mobile devices through it.

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I usually keep it off unless I’m on sketchy networks. Better safe than sorry, right?

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VPN on all the time and spoof location,I go to bed in England and I’m in USA when I wake up

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No it would kill battery so fast

13

With my old paid VPN? No.

With the Google One/Pixel VPN included with my phone, yes.

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You connect to your home router while on public WiFi?

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Safe from what exactly?

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Do you need to manually turn it off for those services? Or do you have split tunnelling set up (or something else)?

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I don’t see any battery issues, in fact it seems to slightly extend battery life

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Haven’t had any problems with this on iPhone 12

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my phone is always connected to my OpenVPN server at home. Another benefit is i use PFsense with PFBlocker and i get blocked ads on my phone all the time, out and about…

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other people on the public wifi.