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NetGuard - A simple way to block access to the internet per app (netguard.me)
submitted 4 weeks ago by possiblylinux127 to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

It's not an actual VPN, it just tells the OS that it is and then routes traffic from blocked apps to 127.0.0.1 or 0.0.0.0 rather than a real VPN endpoint.