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5561: alert user that alwaysOn 3rd party VPN is running.

Guillaume Jacquart requested to merge 5561-inform_vpn_always_on_already_running into main

e/backlog#5561 (closed)

Advanced Privacy claims to hide IP even though 3rd-party VPN is set to always-on active

Connect to third-party VPN app (e.g. some ad blocker like Blokada that uses the VPN slot).
Set the third-party VPN app as “always-on active”.
Activate “Hide my IP address” in Advanced Privacy.

What happens

Advanced Privacy says the IP address is hidden.

What should happen instead

Advanced Privacy should warn the user that any third-party VPN must be disabled first. Use the following message

Please disable any 3rd-party VPN in order for Advanced Privacy to hide your real IP address.

Display the name of the 3rd party VPN preventing Advanced Privacy IP scrambling to work looks doable, but will appears in another MR.

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