VPN & Safety Dot

I didn’t turn it on. I was concerned it would annoy me, I cant even have subtitles on as my eyes get distracted. Had a look and cant find the option now, strange! I think it was something to do with Kill Switch and if you lost VPN it would alert you with this semi-transparent dot.

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I also had the problem of Safety Dot randomly turning off. I corrected it by first force sopping it, deleting cache and data, then uninstalling and reinstall using RAI.

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Worth a shot…thnx @Hgmartin :cowboy_hat_face:

Thank you so much for responding I really appreciate it. Sorry about responding so late. If anyone knows house to get that, I would appreciate it.

Got this popup today on my FireTV.

I’ve been testing the free version for few days now.

Ditto.

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SS will display their icon on phones, tablets, and PCs (if you use the extension).

Ya the last post was Mar. I just thought it was the best spot to post.

I believe that so-called warning is just an attempt to get you to buy their premium. Imho, these are just notification dots showing you whether your VPN is active or not. I like the VPNSafetyDot, but am not going to pay for it. The free version works good enough. However, I have since switched the Monitor Dot. It is free and works very well. There is another free one called the Privacy Dot. Don’t much about that one …never tried it. Bottom line, they are just a dot to show whether your vpn is on or off.

I was just testing it out. Im have now uninstalled it im back to the old reliable Monitor Dot.

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TBH, I liked the VPNSafetyDot because I was able to change the icon that flashed to something I made. Although, I didn’t like how he suddenly decided he wanted to get paid for it.

The Monitor Dot does everything the free version of the SafetyDot did and a bit more.

When it’s all said and done, it boils down to a dot flashing red or green nothing more.

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Safety Dot did add a few features that the other dots dont have, but I have tried the Monitor Dot and it works very well. Not sure I would pay for Safety Dot again as the features they added I’m not convinced are terribly effective.

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I did use your info to create the SurfShark icon like you. That was the main reason I installed Safety Dot.:wink:

It was quite easy to do.

Yeah, I agree. I saw the “extras” and wasn’t impressed. I believe that was done to try and justify making it a paid app. Bottom line, there are plenty of free apps and resources to do what the Safety dot added and more.

I’ve emailed SS and posted on their Discord if they have in the works for a notifier to be a feature on all of their apps. Right now they have it on their phone, tablet and PC apps, but not their device apps. The VPN service that does that will have an edge in the VPN market.

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Do you mean a stationary ‘Key’ icon? or is it a real Dot that is animated?

Checked and I could not find any other issue like this on the forum.
Keep getting a screen that interrupts anything that I am watching. This is concerning an update for the Safety Dot. “Could not perform update check your internet Connection”. Nothing wrong with my internet connection

Did you ever get a reply on this? We keep getting this message on three Firesticks.

This question is a little bit off from the original topic but it does concern the
Safety Dot.
I’ve got 6 devices, 4 sticks and 2 ONN Walmart 4K , not the ONN Pro.
This issue happens sporadically on all devices.
I turn on and the green dot is flashing, so I think I am good.
I go to SS and Immediately the dot flashes red, and the app says my Kill Switch has shut everything down.
So I have to go to settings and shut the Kill Switch Toggle to re-install the connection with the VPN.
This issue is bothersome because if I did not check in SS I would think I am OK and yet in reality I am vulnerable in making the mistake of not using a VPN.
Please Advise
leahcimj

I hope that I understand your concern, correctly.

The kill switch in SS should be the default. If SS is down you should not have any connection to the internet. I have the Monitor dot, the one with the box, and I have noticed that it was showing that green, but I had no connection to the internet because the kill switch had stopped everything. And like you mentioned when I go to SS to reconnect the monitor dot goes red. Then, the dot returns to green once the connection has been restored.

My typical routine, when starting up things, is to check the dot, then fire up Analiti, which will indicate a significant increase in MBPs if the VPN isn’t connected. That triggers a move to open SS and see what’s going on if the speed is way too high. The kill switch has been working great for me.

The VPN dot only tells you that your VPN is working, not that you have a connection to the internet. So even though your killswitch has activated and your connection blocked your VPN is still running and working as it should and the dot will be green. Now if your VPN has failed and shut down then the dot will be red as you have an OPEN and unprotected connection to the net.

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