I am currently using Proton VPN (free tier) which is set to Always-ON and Block Connections on disable.
Today while I am going through my Gmail security option, on the devices/sessions I found my real location mentioned over there. Even when I use desktop I always connect to VPN.
On this issue I got couple of doubts:
- Is this because I am using a free tier VPN? so it’s not functioning properly etc…
- Else google fixed my location based on my previous location history? I used my google applications without VPN for many years, I am just learning & following privacy tips recently.
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Does Proton not have a page to check your IP address and check for DNS leaks (Mullvad does : https://mullvad.net/en -> Check for leaks) ?
Did you look up your IP address by other means ?
On the desktop with Linux you can check the content of
/etc/resolv.confandip a(Your local IP) andip r(Gateway address).Are the sessions from your last login ? With some applications (Dunno about Google) you can delete older sessions from the overview.
Thank you for the tips. I have checked the leaks turns out it’s not the problem with vpn, it’s with my gps, metadata thing I think. I guess de-googling my phone solves this.
I had certain APIs circumvent my VPN in the past. Turns out my router was allowing IPv6 traffic and my VPN doesn’t support that. Solved it by disabling ipv6.