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what phone VPN works with Tesla app?
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jakimo
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MichaelMuni
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ExpressVPN works as far as I can do most things except view the sentry camera's in realtime or summon.
EVRider-FL
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I use NordVPN. The last time I traveled, the Tesla app worked, but on some previous trips, it didn’t. When it didn’t work, I couldn’t log in to my account on the Tesla website either. I don’t know if the reason it worked in some cases and not others is due to changes to NordVPN, changes to the Tesla app, geographical location, or some combinations of those things.
EVRider-FL
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It's not for the app specifically, it's to protect your connection to the internet when using a public network via WiFi. I always use a VPN on any WiFi away from home. It's not as important if you don't connect your phone to WiFi, but I do to reduce cellular data usage.
skydve1
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Wireguard works great with the Tesla app, and everything else.
I've got a Wireguard server at my house that I can tunnel into. For this I use a GLiNet GL-A1300.
I also subscribe to AzireVPN which has Wireguard servers around the world. It's been one of the few ways I can break through the "Great Firewall of China" when I travel there.
I've got a Wireguard server at my house that I can tunnel into. For this I use a GLiNet GL-A1300.
I also subscribe to AzireVPN which has Wireguard servers around the world. It's been one of the few ways I can break through the "Great Firewall of China" when I travel there.
I imagine the app uses very little data.
At least here in RO we usually have ~10GB data plan so I forgot about lowering cellular data usage
M3BlueGeorgia
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MozillaVPN currently works on Android with the Tesla application.
For a while it didn't, but now works.
For a while it didn't, but now works.
ExpressVPN works fine. Live cams and summon do work as well on my iPhone 13 iOS 16.2
SourJellybeans
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One caveat here: VPNs aren’t necessarily more safe than a public WiFi network, it comes down to the details of how the VPN service is ran and who runs it. There are VPN providers who are as unscrupulous (or more) than the operators of public WiFi networks, and they can eavesdrop or MITM your traffic just as easily. Depending on the VPN configuration, you may not even be more protected from other users of the VPN, just like you wouldn’t necessarily be protected from other users of public WiFi.
Commercial VPN services also run into issues of reputation, since you’ll usually be sharing a public-facing IP address with many other VPN users, some who aren’t behaving properly or have compromised systems. That IP address, or if it happens enough, all of the VPN provider’s IP addresses, may get blocked from an app/service/website, which may explain why the Tesla app works for some VPNs and not others.
Of course, you can run your own VPN server, at home or in AWS/GCP/Azure, but as someone who did so for several years, the negligible security and privacy benefit wasn’t worth the maintenance. Everything of importance should be end-to-end encrypted today anyway (including any traffic to/from the Tesla app or your car).
MichaelMuni
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I've got iPhone 13 pro max and ios 16.1.
When trying to connect to sentry camera live, if I have ExpressVPN on it just spins and then eventually fails with an error saying to try again or refresh. Downloading iOS 16.1.2 now.
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