PrivadoVPN has added SmartRoute, its multi-hop routing feature, to its iOS app in version 4. 1. 0. You can choose to double-hop only your web browsing or all of your traffic, and pick where it exits. The extra hop adds privacy, but there are trade-offs to weigh before leaving it on all the time. PrivadoVPN has brought SmartRoute to iPhone and iPad in its latest iOS update, letting you route your data through two VPN servers instead of one. Android users have had SmartRoute since the summer, when it arrived in version 4. 1. 13 of the Android app. This update brings iOS in line, and also adds status indicators to the main screen so you can see which features are switched on at a glance. How PrivadoVPN’s SmartRoute works
SmartRoute connects your device to an entry server first, then relays your encrypted traffic to a second server that acts as the exit point. Websites and online services only see the exit server’s location and IP address. You choose the exit location, while PrivadoVPN picks the entry server automatically based on network performance. That’s a different approach from many traditional double VPN setups, which often rely on fixed server pairs and give you less say over where your traffic leaves the network. The point of chaining two servers is separation…