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Official IVPN iOS app

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When connecting through widget, popup appears to confirm connection #275

Closed rakleed closed 11 months ago

rakleed commented 2 years ago

Bug report

Describe your environment

Device:
OS name and version: iOS 15.5
IVPN app version: 2.6.3 (8)

Describe the problem

Steps to reproduce:

Add a widget to the widget screen
Connect via the widget

Observed Results:

A pop-up appears to confirm the connection, which makes no sense because by clicking Connect on the widget, I already indicated that I want to connect to the VPN. This popup only makes it harder to connect to the VPN.

Expected Results:

VPN connection in progress.

Relevant Code:

jurajhilje commented 2 years ago

This alert was implemented as a security improvement feature, as suggested by an independent auditor.

A malicious app or widget could be installed on the device and use the same URL scheme to disconnect IVPN users without their knowledge or consent, exposing the user to unsecured traffic.

rakleed commented 2 years ago

@jurajhilje none of the other VPN apps I've used (ProtonVPN, Surfshark, NordVPN) have an additional confirmation popup when connected via a widget.

How will a user be able to install a malicious app if apps are heavily moderated in the App Store? And other installation methods (AltStore, paid developer certificates, or JailBreak) seem to be used by less than 0.1% of users.

If you don't want to completely abandon this popup, can you then give the user the option to turn it off in the settings?

jurajhilje commented 2 years ago

@rakleed App Store is not 100% free of malicious apps. However, the chance for that is low. Having a toggle in the settings to turn off this alert popup sounds good to me.

jurajhilje commented 12 months ago

Notes for QA

In Settings -> Advanced, now there is "Connect VPN from Widget alert" option, which is enabled by default. When disabled, there should be no prompt/alert when connecting or disconnecting VPN from the Widget.

jurajhilje commented 11 months ago

@gorkapernas Available for QA in 2.11.1 (1)

gorkapernas commented 11 months ago

Verified on 2.11.1 (3), a new option in "Advance" setting has been implemented which allows users to disable the widget connection/disconnection alert. Note: there was an issue where the app didn't disconnect from the VPN when the alert was disabled, but this has been resolved in the latest beta version. Tested on iPhone XR iOS 17.2 and iPad 10 iPadOS 17.1.1