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submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by Ste41th@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

This is aimed at iOS users more, but do any of you use any firewall apps like 1 blocker fire wall or adguard dns.

The reason I’m asking is if you have all them things at router level what good does it do on a device level?

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[-] Ste41th@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Interesting, do you or would you recommend a vpn at router level though?

Because forgive me if I’m wrong but if you use a vpn at router level then use adguard dns on the device which creates a vpn profile, wouldn’t that leak your data?

Or would you recommend no vpn on router and just use adguard home, with nextdns as the resolver or upstream?

[-] clearedtoland@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

I don’t run VPNs at the router level. The speed and latency hit, plus the spambot triggers aren’t worth it for me. This is purely a non-privacy minded preference, mind you, and I’m totally not an expert.

You bring up a good point though. Regardless of what’s running upstream, if my device is running private relay, it all gets bypassed. So I have to disable private relay.

My preference is to run nextdns over DoH, AdGuard locally on iOS + Stop the Madness, and a VPN when I’m feeling sheepish.

[-] Ste41th@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 months ago

That makes sense, is it possible to use advised dns along with a vpn on iOS? I’m sure I read it somewhere but I don’t remember.

It does suck however that if you use private relay it doesn’t work very well.

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