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0 pointsignoramous3y ago0 comments

They are known to be hyperbolic on their forums. Ex A:

Blokada Plus is a VPN optimized to work flawlessly with Blokada. You get one of the strongest encryptions with minimal impact on battery life and speed. Together with the battle-tested content blocking functionality of Blokada, the VPN gives you a peace of mind knowing that your private activity stays private. Even on public WiFi, no-one will be able to see what you’re doing or steal your sensitive information like bank details. Websites you visit will not be able to reveal your real location. https://archive.is/xyVSn

- Strongest encryption? From when I read the code, they back-up private-key without armour (plain-text).

- Battle-tested content blocking? Blokada v5 and below has leaked DNS over TCP since its inception (v6+ is closed source).

- Peace of mind? https://www-computerbase-de.translate.goog/forum/threads/mob...

- The less I say about protecting bank details, 'private activity', location... the better.

Disclosure: I have been accused by Blokada of spreading FUD before: https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroiddata/-/merge_requests/8536

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onphonenow3y ago

I had to laugh at the no one can see what you are doing claim. How do these scammers route the traffic if they can’t see what websites you are visiting! Of course these guys can see what websites you are visiting if they want to

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