Freedome says protection ON, web services see my actual IP

nick_t

Hello,

 

I installed Freedome to a fresh machine and I'm having a strange problem with it. Freedome seems to be working normally, I can connect and there are no error messages. The "traffic protected" counter increases as I use data. Almost all of the "what is my IP" sites however report my actual IP address. This includes a torrent test as well, so it is not just my browser that is "leaking" the IP. I also tried to connect to a HTTP server I own and the log also shows actual IP, so the IP isn't leaking through some WebRTC/other kind of plugin etc.

 

The sites that report my actual IP:

http://ip-check.info/?lang=en

http://check2ip.com/

https://2ip.io/privacy/

https://www.iplocation.net/find-ip-address

https://torguard.net/checkmytorrentipaddress.php

 

Sites that report the VPN IP:

http://ipduh.com/anonymity-check/

http://whatismyipaddress.com/

 

What could possibly be causing a situation like this?

Unknown

Funny, all of those sites show my vpn address and none of them shows my real ip. Pretty much the exact opposite of your situation.

[Deleted User]

Hi @nick_t,

 

If you are still having the same issue, kindly contact our support by opening a support request with the Freedome logs.

Gopher

This issue occurs at least with a default Firefox browser. The fix is to set the Firefox config parameter "media.peerconnection.enabled" from "True" to "False" using it's config editor.

 

About the Firefox Configuration Editor (about:config page) https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/about-config-editor-firefox .