my paid iphone experts strongly recommend VPN and I chose paid VPN regarded as speed and security but finding iphone shortcuts editing problematic for 2.5 years old 15 Pro Max. the solution seems to upgrade iPhone to the every 2 years?
Sunnyintoronto123 wrote:
my paid iphone experts strongly recommend VPN and I chose paid VPN regarded as speed and security but finding iphone shortcuts editing problematic for 2.5 years old 15 Pro Max. the solution seems to upgrade iPhone to the every 2 years?
Sure: you can upgrade every two years. But I’d also consider removing the add-on “coffee shop” VPNs here, and maybe also looking for security advice better tailored for your particular security and privacy and performance and budget needs. Needs and details which we here (also) don’t know.
Some background on “coffee shop” VPNs to consider:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1opKW6X88og
https://gist.github.com/joepie91/5a9909939e6ce7d09e29#dont-use-vpn-services
https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/30/we-are-skeptical-of-vpn-providers-and-you-should-be-too/
Outside of geoshifting for website or CDN testing or such, the add-on “coffee shop” VPNs aren’t all that helpful, and tend to badly solve a problem that hasn’t existed in a decade or so (but badly solve it in a way nearly perfect for personally-identified data and metadata collection), and these “coffee shop” VPNs can be negative for privacy and security and performance.
I’d here consider using the existing end-to-end encryption already in use, and enabling iCloud+ for Private Relay and ODoH support.
If you really need a second VPN wrapping the existing end-to-end encryption tunnels, I’d review the rest of the device and account security here too, and would look for a travel router compatible with your home network (e.g. Unifi Travel Router, for Ubiquiti networks), or would run your own VPN server somewhere using Algo or other such.
Sunnyintoronto123 wrote:
my paid iphone experts strongly recommend VPN and I chose paid VPN regarded as speed and security but finding iphone shortcuts editing problematic for 2.5 years old 15 Pro Max. the solution seems to upgrade iPhone to the every 2 years?
Sure: you can upgrade every two years. But I’d also consider removing the add-on “coffee shop” VPNs here, and maybe also looking for security advice better tailored for your particular security and privacy and performance and budget needs. Needs and details which we here (also) don’t know.
Some background on “coffee shop” VPNs to consider:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1opKW6X88og
https://gist.github.com/joepie91/5a9909939e6ce7d09e29#dont-use-vpn-services
https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/30/we-are-skeptical-of-vpn-providers-and-you-should-be-too/
Outside of geoshifting for website or CDN testing or such, the add-on “coffee shop” VPNs aren’t all that helpful, and tend to badly solve a problem that hasn’t existed in a decade or so (but badly solve it in a way nearly perfect for personally-identified data and metadata collection), and these “coffee shop” VPNs can be negative for privacy and security and performance.
I’d here consider using the existing end-to-end encryption already in use, and enabling iCloud+ for Private Relay and ODoH support.
If you really need a second VPN wrapping the existing end-to-end encryption tunnels, I’d review the rest of the device and account security here too, and would look for a travel router compatible with your home network (e.g. Unifi Travel Router, for Ubiquiti networks), or would run your own VPN server somewhere using Algo or other such.
Sunnyintoronto123 ~ What version of iOS is it running?...
Settings > General > About > iOS Version
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So exactly how is your iPhone struggling? Do you use a VPN or not?
My iPhone 15 Pro Max is struggling with shortcuts
