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DNS traffic can leak outside the VPN tunnel on Android (mullvad.net)

submitted 6 months ago by lemmyreader@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] TheAnonymouseJoker@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

That will not solve this issue.

[–] Legend@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I think rethink prevents dns leaks .

[–] TheAnonymouseJoker@lemmy.ml 0 points 6 months ago

The issue seems to be related to how Android falls back for DNS query, beneath the firewall of your choice. In a building, people do not walk from or through upper floors. They need to enter through the ground floor and then go up.