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If you use Mullvad, do you use the "Quantum-resistant" option in official client? (lemmy.sdf.org)

submitted 3 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I've always had it on, but it's kind of a pain in the ass. Especially on worse (not necessarily slower) networks.

On laptop it's fine for the most part since the use-case is a bit different, but on a phone it's causing me some annoyances/issues.

With my carrier indoors it takes on average 62 seconds to connect. This is pretty annoying if toggling/switching VPN servers more often.
But when travelling (e.g.: in a train) it can make the difference from slightly spotty signal to almost never being connected successfully, impacting usability.

As such, I often find myself not even using VPN in such cases in the first place.
For comparison, plain Wireguard is done before I can pull away my finger from the "connect" button, usually even on 2G EDGE.

Do you keep this (perhaps a bit paranoid-level) option on?
Even if actually useful in the future, it would only protect traffic recorded from User to VPN anyway.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

Just use a search with easy language/localization setting then, you shouldn't use google anyway, not only for privacy but also as a matter of principle. Also, funneling all traffic through a VPN just shifts the tracking to them, so they still know which account number visits what and when. While in public WiFis, mobile networks etc. It's probably better to not use a VPN, as to spread traces over multiple seperate services. Or use multiple VPNs.