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[–] TORFdot0@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yes that’s true. But also that’s the wink and nudge marketing claim that VPN marketers make while everyone knows the real reason you are using a VPN.

With HTTPS, DNS-over-HTTPS, and most endpoint firewalls dropping non-gateway traffic, the risk is a lot less than the VPN ad reads want you to believe

[–] stephen01king@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

DNS-over-HTTPS sounds like it'll be the least used by general public since most people I know are still using default DNS settings which would point towards their ISP's. I'm not sure how many ISPs have moved towards DNS-over-HTTPS or if they are even activated by default.

[–] exu@feditown.com 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Firefox has DoT enabled by default, maybe Chrome does the same. That would cover the use-case of most people on public wifi.

[–] stephen01king@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Wait, it's set in the browser? I've always thought you set that at the OS level.

[–] exu@feditown.com 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Both, the browsers (and any other application) can choose to ignore your DNS settings and use whatever other mechanisms they like.

[–] stephen01king@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 months ago

Cool, didn't know that. I'll try and find the setting in the browser.