Was hoping to get the app to allow me to use ProtonVPN but discovered it has its own VPN.
On my desktop I have seperate app for firewall, then VPN and antivirus seperately.
Now what i want to know about the Glasswire VPN tunnel is does it encrypt and hide the connection from my ISP, also - is it safe from deep packet inspection?
I ask this since i can no longer hide my ip adress online as I could with ProtoVPN.
I chose to keep using Glasswire to save internet usage.
If you are worried about your ISP doing something to you then I highly recommend getting a new ISP.
I think most people use VPNs if they are going to use public WiFi that is NOT their own ISP.
GlassWire’s Android VPN is not a VPN that sends all your data to our servers so our app absolutely cannot monitor you in any way. Instead, our app is a local VPN on your phone that blackholes Black hole (networking) - Wikipedia the apps you block into your own phone, so they can’t call out. People like this feature because they can save mobile data, and block spying apps.
Google gives us no other way to make a blocking system with Android and Android only allows one VPN at a time, so you’ll need to decide to use our firewall blocking, or a traditional VPN that sends all your data through their servers. Some of our customers use our VPN when they use their own safe networks, but then use a traditional VPN if they have to join a coffee shop WiFi network, or something like that.
All ISPs in every country on the planet log and track your Internet traffic.
The suggested idea to “get a new ISP” is fundamentally flawed in the basic understanding of Internet use and web traffic, the very thing your product claims to be well versed in.
Please don’t ‘think’ when you could research what the common uses of a VPN are normally used for. It takes less time than it did to post your misinformed statement.
While true Android only allows for one VPN slot at a time, there are other methods such as device profiles (if your phone supports them) which would allow a VPN to be used in each active profile (main profile runs your preferred VPN, secondary profile would then be able to use glasswires VPN.)
Or you could allow other vpns to be used in conjunction via openvpn profiles.
Don’t be so quick to regurgitate your outdated limited knowledge base; you might just push potential customers to go with a competing product with support staff who know a thing or two or willing to look outside the companies knowledge base