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[ISSUE] Untuitive behaviour for "redirect non-Tor traffic through Tor"
Currently, the option to "redirect non-Tor traffic through Tor" requires one to also set either "allow Wifi" or "allow mobile". (I verified this by accessing 116.202.120.181 the IP address for check.torproject.org directly, thereby mitigating any possible DNS issues.)
This is inconsistent with the "allow VPN" option, which works even when "allow Wifi" and "allow mobile" are both unchecked.
This is dangerous, because a typical use case is to:
a. block access to the plain internet, and b. switch between either VPN or Tor, depending on remote site blocks (captcha, temperamental firewall) etc.
In order to perform the switch, I must:
- uncheck "redirect Tor"
- check "allow VPN"
- go into my VPN application and select "redirect App"
- uncheck "allow Wifi"
- uncheck "allow mobile"
If I forget to perform (3-5) then in the AFWall UI it appears that the app is going through VPN, but in reality it's actually going through the plain internet.
Ideally AFWall would have "redirect to VPN" and "redirect to Tor" options that both work consistently, without having to also enable "allow Wifi" and "allow mobile" - which should only refer to the ability to acess the plain internet.