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submitted 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) by patruelis@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

Hi all,

I have VPN turned on on my phone all the time.

To be able to post anything, including to comment, I need to turn off the VPN. To be honest, I'm quite conflicted by this.

Any reason why this is or what to do about it besides turning off the VPN?

I'm using Voyager as a client.

Edit: it seems like the instance is the issue. Moving here from Reddit it's not as simple as j would have thought. Also, VPNs are essential, no VPN is no go for me.

Case closed.

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[-] atrielienz@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

I had this problem because the app does a sanity check between your phone clock and your "location". I changed the clock to match my VPN locale and then worked backward from there.

If you can set the VPN to a place in the same time zone but far outside your actual locale that may work.

I don't know for certain that this will help but it's worth a shot.

this post was submitted on 26 May 2026
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