Yuk. The app for the car (rate of charge, duration etc, among other things, so quite useful) now refuses to run if it claims to detect "a VPN". That "vpn" is Tracker Control, or even the duckduckgo app protection, used to stop scummy apps selling my soul. A recent update must have enabled this very useful (to somebody, not the user) feature. I wonder how many other apps will follow suit.
MG iSmart - in the sense that "smart" can be "hurt", I suppose.
Stevan
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2026-01-30 08:45:58 UTC
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