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		syntaxing 58 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A Guide for WireGuard VPN Setup with Pi-Hole Adblo... Do you notice a battery drain with the VPN always on? I used to use tailscale for this and there was a nontrivial battery penalty

floundy 57 days ago [–]

I've never specifically noticed WireGuard anywhere in the top battery consumers on either Android or iOS. Friday I was out of the house all day, and Wireguard running on cellular all day used 1% of my iPhone battery.

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