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What are your thoughts on Invizible pro ? (f-droid.org)

submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by Legend@lemmy.sdf.org to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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The app seems fairly small in size compared to orbot which is really old and also invizible pro seems to do a ton of things that including firewall vpn etc . So does it connect to tor network properly and pass all your traffic through it as good as orbot and completely block internet acces to not whitelisted services as good as rethink do ? Or does it cut cornors and do all the things but do all of them horribly ? Is it audited or atleast watched by enough people to be secure ? Anyway share your thoughts .

I think if the app does everything it boasts to do perfectly its one in a kind and unmatched and probably would make any android really really safe but i'm really skeptical . I have tried it out a month ago but ditched it after reading that its firewall does not work that well but idk if that is true or not anyway share your thoughts .

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[–] shortwavesurfer@monero.town 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I use it, but I don't use it in VPN mode for my entire device. I use it in proxy mode so that things that are specifically looking for tour on local host, 1950 will connect through it and it seems to work fine for that purpose. I use it for f-droid and SimpleX

[–] merde@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I've read this on https://invizible.net

This product is produced independently from the Tor®, DNSCrypt, Purple I2P software and carries no guarantee from The Above Projects about quality, suitability or anything else.

why would i use this app "that carries no guarantee" instead of those original projects?

[–] shortwavesurfer@monero.town 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Well, the reason I use it is because it generally tends to carry the newest versions of the tor software, where something like Orbot is quite far behind.

[–] merde@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

what's "tour software"?

[–] shortwavesurfer@monero.town 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Dictation. "Tor"

[–] merde@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

orbot and tor are both from the guardian project 🤔

[–] shortwavesurfer@monero.town 2 points 6 months ago

And yet orbot cant keep up with the latest tor releases

[–] Legend@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Because otherwise you can only have a firewall or orbot and not both at the same time .

[–] merde@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 months ago

both at the same time

☞ netGuard through Orbot