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Connected status shown while real IP is exposed

The extension reports a connected state while traffic still leaves with the user's real IP address.

Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.

3 public reports · first reported 23 July 2022 · last reported 25 April 2025

Idea report · $9 · No contacts · All sales final

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What's going wrong

Several users of the FastestVPN browser add-on say the extension claims to be connected, but a public IP check still shows their own address.

AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports. The idea report has the full summary.

In the idea report

  • The full summary.
  • The products the 3 reports are about, and how many came each month.
  • Related problems.

No business has been found with this problem yet, so the report has no contacts. All sales are final — no refunds. Pricing.