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ManiacJoe

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4. A VPN should play no part in the screen sharing.

Reply to UTUSN (Original post)

Wed Apr 22, 2020, 11:45 PM

Apr 2020

Screen sharing is done by your phone/tablet talking to the TV using IP addresses that are local to your home network. The router-modem combo hardware uses only the router part to pass the data from the internal phone to the internal TV.

The VPN software is used to change the internet routing of your data when your device is talking to an external internet server. This often happens when your phone is streaming a movie from a cloud service.

Now, if the VPN software on your phone is not coded correctly, then all bets are off.

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VPN? Does it affect Screen Mirroring (Smart View) between android and Smart TV? Why Bluetooth ON? [View all] UTUSN Apr 2020 OP

I don't want to alarm you unneccesarily canetoad Apr 2020 #1

Thanks, on the contrary I appreciate the warning and will probably uninstall it, but UTUSN Apr 2020 #2

So the whole article refers to *fake* ProtonVPN sites/installers. I loaded through the PC Magazine UTUSN Apr 2020 #3

Here's ProtonVPN's answer to this: UTUSN Apr 2020 #8

I have been interested in the topic and reading this thread discntnt_irny_srcsm Apr 2020 #9

A VPN should play no part in the screen sharing. ManiacJoe Apr 2020 #4

Thanks, very helpful. But I always need more help. UTUSN Apr 2020 #5

I greatly question the VPN requirement for the premium channels. ManiacJoe Apr 2020 #6

Well, when I first started using it (thanks to a DUer), everything was available (open) UTUSN Apr 2020 #7