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You say that the VPN is always on, but wasn't there a post on HN some time ago that showed that on iOS VPN is not 100% used for all data? Might have been this one: https://www.michaelhorowitz.com/VPNs.on.iOS.are.scam.php

So potentially your real IP was leaked otherwise, Google became aware of that IP and geolocated you, without Maps data?

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I am aware of the IP leak in iOS but that's only for Apple services, Google Maps will always use the outbound VPN IP.

Something to note though - in my post I never mentioned the "real IP" - all tests were done to change the geoIP data of the VPN IP - and that always works as expected.

Other comments here say that the feature is available to any developer and any app may go around the default route and use the cell connection directly.

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