The proxy lives below Android.
Many cloud phones route traffic through a proxy app or a setting that apps can read. Here the exit is applied outside the phone's system, on its network. Android sees an ordinary cellular or Wi-Fi connection, and nothing leaves any other way.
What apps see, and what they don't.
An app on the device gets the picture of a phone that lives in the exit's country. The machinery that makes it so stays outside Android.
Apps see
- An ordinary cellular data or Wi-Fi connection
- The public address of the exit, in its country
- A SIM, time zone and language that match it
- DNS answers resolved through the same exit
Apps don't see
- A proxy in the system or Wi-Fi settings
- A VPN connection or the VPN key icon
- A helper app that forwards traffic
- The address of the server the device runs on
Built so nothing slips out.
A proxy is only as good as the traffic it misses. These are the parts that make sure it misses none.
Below the system
The exit is applied on the device's network outside Android, so no app can read it, change it or go around it.
DNS through the exit
Every lookup goes to encrypted DNS over HTTPS through the same exit, so names are resolved where the device appears to be.
A lock, not a hope
A firewall rule lets traffic out only through the exit. If the exit drops, connections wait instead of falling back to the server's address.
Guarded around the clock
If the system resets network rules, the lock is checked and put back automatically.
UDP handled, not leaked
UDP goes through the exit when the proxy supports it. When it does not, UDP is blocked rather than sent another way.
Same for your own proxy
A proxy you bring gets the same treatment: below Android, DNS through it, and the same lock.
Check it yourself.
Open any IP or DNS leak test in the device's browser. You will see the exit's address and resolvers reached through it, never the server the device runs on.
- Mobile exitAndroid reports cellular data, and the SIM belongs to the exit's country.
- Other exitsAndroid is on a Wi-Fi network whose router matches the internet provider.
- SwitchingChanging the exit updates the address, time zone, language and SIM together.
BrazilQuestions, answered.
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Is this a VPN?
No. A VPN runs inside Android and shows up as a VPN connection that apps can detect. Here the exit is applied outside Android, so the phone sees a normal cellular or Wi-Fi connection.
Does it work with every app?
Yes. Nothing is installed in Android and nothing is configured per app: every app, the browser and Google services use the same exit.
What happens if the exit goes down?
Traffic stops at the lock and waits; it is never sent through the server's own address. When the exit is back or you switch to another, connections continue.
Does it work with my own proxy?
Yes. A SOCKS5 or HTTP proxy you bring is applied the same way, with DNS through it and the same lock. Bring your own proxy
Is it slower than a direct connection?
Traffic takes the route through the exit you picked, so speed depends mostly on that exit. Datacenter exits are the fastest; mobile exits trade some speed for a carrier address.
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