Google Ignored This Android VPN Leak — One Developer Fixed It

Hinzugefügt: 2026-05-16

[00:00:00]Every VPN user on Android has been exposed to a silent data leak, and Google chose not to fix it.

[00:00:06]Here's what's actually happening. When you connect a VPN on Android, there's a window, sometimes just seconds, sometimes longer, where your real IP address slips through unencrypted.

[00:00:18]Google was informed. They acknowledged it.

[00:00:21]Then they closed the bug report without a patch.

[00:00:24]GrapheneOS, the privacy-focused Android fork, built the fix themselves. They call it a VPN