When all is said and done, I now have 3 safety dots on my firestick, well one is a square The original safety dot that wants us to subscribe still works. Yes it will shut off but seems to last a very long time. You just click and it’s back. I can almost see the screen for all the dots.
I would think it depends on the reason for the disconnect. I have personally not experienced it very much, the VPN just disconnecting from servers, but if someone does experience that often, they need to troubleshoot their VPN and box for the root cause of this. I personally believe you can’t have enough safeguards to this VPN/Killswitch/Dot relationship, so I use both and check the VPN app often to make sure it seems solid.
For a VPN dot that is static, no blinking, no moving, just red static for non active vpn and green static for active vpn. I tried the paid version and when I selected the static setting it still flashed, hence my search continues
There’s the original VPN Safety Dot, and the new VPN Monitor Dot and VPN Privacy Dot.
Personally, I still use the original VPN Safety Dot and it seems to work as usual. The basic version is free, but you do have a few options at your disposal. You can adjust flashing or moving from 0 to 20 seconds. You can adjust the transparency from 0% - 100%. You have an option for the icon also. You can choose between the “Dot” or “thumb” up/dn, or you can import an icon of your choosing whether it is user made or an icon off the net. I chose to make my own icon styled after the SS logo and then imported it to SS.
I have been using this app for years and it works great. If you wish to purchase the premium version, it cost $12 bucks for the first year and then $24 bucks thereafter. Personally, I don’t see the value in purchasing the premium sub, because the 3 added features are easily done for free by searching the net.
Bottom line, it’s just a dot to inform you your VPN is active or inactive. The original does this just fine.