@icon_of_computational_sin@mstdn.starnix.network > pretty stupid VPN circumvention exists Android is as lax as it can possibly be with such things. There is a http(s) proxy configured for this network, but it doesn't respond in a timely manner? Let's send all traffic directly — software has to be able to phone home at all cost! Then there is this switch in VPN settings: "Block connections without VPN" :marseysigh: What happens if VPN connection goes down, does the traffic get dropped? From the phone it does — or at least so it seems. But what if you've been sharing your VPN connection wirelessly, can wireless clients still connect to the outside world? They sure do! NAT just switches to sending all their traffic directly over your cellular connection.