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Obscura VPN launched exclusively on macOS in February 2025, later expanding to iOS. Android is its first move onto non-Apple hardware, and is a logical next step for a provider that has stated its ambition to be available to everyone, regardless of platform. Carl Dong, founder of Obscura VPN, commented on the Android release: "For many, Android is their primary way of getting online, including in places where surveillance, blocking, and censorship are increasingly part of daily life." "As the only Two-Party Relay VPN on Android, Obscura offers verifiable privacy that doesn’t rely on pinky prom

The leak stems from a flaw in how Android 16 handles QUIC connection shutdowns. According to Mullvad, apps can abuse a system function tied to the Connectivity Manager service to send specific traffic outside the VPN tunnel. This means a malicious app could reveal a user's real IP address to external servers, even if the device is configured to block all non-VPN traffic. Mullvad says the issue affects all VPN apps on Android 16 because the vulnerability exists within the operating system itself. The Sweden-based VPN also noted that GrapheneOS, a privacy-focused Android-based operating system,