Admittedly, I don't use a VPN, but I also actively avoid using these services. Most digital convenience is wrapped in #surveillance these days.
"We confirm that iOS 16 does communicate with Apple services outside an active VPN tunnel. Worse, it leaks DNS requests. #Apple services that escape the VPN connection include Health, Maps, Wallet. We used @ProtonVPN and #Wireshark. Details in the video:
#CyberSecurity #Privacy"
Via: https://twitter.com/mysk_co/status/1579997801047822336