Remove IVPN from list of recommended VPNs for it’s failure to implement a functioning kill switch. When using Apple services on iOS 16+, a VPN connection does not fully protect your privacy against Apple. Even with an active VPN connection and kill switch enabled, traffic from your iOS 16+ device t…

I think upon further investigation this issue is slightly different, and should be resolved with a criteria change instead. Submitted for @team to review: update!: Clarify VPN kill switch criteria (#3204) main ← remove-killswitch…

While you are at it, maybe remove VPNs completely then? It is Apple issue, not a VPN software issue but people fail to see that.

This seems like an issue made due to frustration with current discussion on Proton. Platform leaks are different from leaks due to faulty implementation. One of them can be solved by the VPN vendor. Hope you are able to eventually see that.

I don’t feel it really makes much sense to remove it because of the leakage on apple devices. AFAIK, all VPN, at least on iOS suffer from the same problem because it’s the way it’s designed. Removing ivpn for this criteria would effectively mean that every other vpn that has an iOS client would also…

Original article from IVPN: Removal of kill switch from our iOS app due to Apple IP leak issue

In my personal, unofficial opinion, between this thread and the one about ProtonVPN from the other week, the real problem here is the killswitch criteria. If we continue to enforce that, then we can’t recommend any VPNs for iOS except Private Relay, which isn’t even really a full-VPN because it only…

A similar issue is DNS leakage on Android , which remains unresolved in Android 15. But since this is an OS issue and not a VPN provider issue, it has not affected the recommended list. I believe the same applies to this current issue. It’s information worth noting, but I don’t think it warrants re…

[image] nateb: the real problem here is the killswitch criteria. If we continue to enforce that, then we can’t recommend any VPNs Don’t think “killswitch” is the problem. Recommending platforms (for VPN use) that don’t enforce it are. The material that goes “hide traffic from ISPs” is. The pu…

[image] ignoramous: In iOS’ case, from what I read on these forums, the “killswitch” only exempts Apple apps (discounting non-leaking but non-recoverable bugs such as loss of Internet connectivity when the VPN client implementing “killswitch” itself is “killed”), which is still okay in the grand…

[image] gapless: an app called Shadowrocket (also supports WireGuard). Seems to have a huge following , but alas most of the documentation/discussion relating to it seems to be in Chinese or Russian It seems to have a website in English . Could you point me to where you saw the Russian/Chinese…

Privacy Guides Community

Remove IVPN

Site Development Tool Suggestions

flowrpowr December 26, 2025, 3:26pm 2

Last time I’ve checked, Mullvad VPN also doesn’t have a kill switch on iOS.

This might just be an iOS problem instead.

10 Likes

Remove ProtonVPN

Why are there criteria changes being made without a discussion thread and approval first?

Topic		Replies	Views
Are there any VPNs with a strong kill switch on MacOS? Questions	8	1342	February 22, 2025
Remove ProtonVPN Tool Suggestions	302	18445	March 11, 2026
Please do not completely trust the kill switch functions of VPN clients General software , website	8	2024	December 26, 2025
Video demo: Proton kill switch not working as described on macOS Videos	17	2790	March 14, 2026
Mention kill switch leaks caused by OS limitations Site Development	16	1151	March 11, 2026

Privacy Guides

Massive organizations are monitoring your online activities. Privacy Guides is your central privacy and security resource to protect yourself online.

Privacy Guides is a non-profit, socially motivated website that provides information for protecting your data security and privacy.

We do not make money from recommending certain products, and we do not use affiliate links.

Knowledge Base

Private Web Browsers

Top VPN Providers

Privacy-Respecting Services

Software Recommendations

More Resources

Remove IVPN

Related topics