@[email protected] to [email protected]English • edit-221 days agoHow bad is Android Auto for privacymessage-square36fedilinkarrow-up155arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up153arrow-down1message-squareHow bad is Android Auto for privacy@[email protected] to [email protected]English • edit-221 days agomessage-square36fedilinkfile-text
How bad is Android Auto for privacy on a stock Pixel phone. What can the car and car vendor get access to.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•21 days agoWireless android auto hasn’t worked with VPN’s for years. It’s because the service is now baked into the OS, preventing it from split tunneling. Switch to wired and it’ll work
minus-squareEbbylinkfedilink4•21 days agoI can get it to work if I whitelist the android auto app from my VPN.
minus-squareEbbylinkfedilink2•21 days agoI’m saying split tunnel is very similar to a whitelist and is available to some VPN’s. A split tunnel would also bypass the VPN. Also, while Android auto is a system app now, it is also identifiable by my VPN software and able to be whitelisted.
Wireless android auto hasn’t worked with VPN’s for years. It’s because the service is now baked into the OS, preventing it from split tunneling.
Switch to wired and it’ll work
I can get it to work if I whitelist the android auto app from my VPN.
Which means it isn’t using the VPN.
I’m saying split tunnel is very similar to a whitelist and is available to some VPN’s. A split tunnel would also bypass the VPN.
Also, while Android auto is a system app now, it is also identifiable by my VPN software and able to be whitelisted.