hi I found this comment here on this forum as well as this other forum , I am especially concerned about the comment on the other forum, if that (every website seeing that you are using iCloud private relay AND NextDNS together), wouldn’t this be really bad for privacy and make you stick out a lot? …

I just checked both and neither one detected a DNS leak. The servers all showed iCloud Private Relay IPs. I’m using Private Relay with NextDNS on iOS. I think a lot of confusion stems from the fact that the facts about this issue have changed over time. Initially Apple did not officially support…

Have been doing a lot of research and finding conflicting answers. here’s a reddit comment saying that it doesn’t do a DNS leak. I should probably specify that i’m talking about NextDNS installed with the DNS profile on iOS, not the app. Also, if it does DNS leak, would for example Google be track…

It does leak your DNS to websites, and you can test this https://www.dnsleaktest.com/ and DNS Leak Test - BrowserLeaks (one of them detected it, can’t remember which one) As for whether this is a threat, it depends on your threat model. Hard to say whether it’s likely this is actively used for fing…

Wow, are you sure? That would be amazing since that would be the best of both worlds, are you using the nextdns profile and not the app?

I’m using a profile on all my devices. An important additional consideration, and might lead to some more confusion, is to remember that PR only proxies Safari traffic. If you look at all traffic coming from my phone (without a dedicated VPN active) you will see traffic between the phone and NextD…

Thank you so much!! Will keep that in mind too. Then there aren’t any downsides (as in not standing out vs others)? Would blocking more with a bigger blocklist than others maybe make you stand out?

Glad I can be helpful! I use the standard block lists and haven’t had any issues with ads leaking through. With that said I’m not aware of a real world tracking technique based on blocklists. I understand how one could be done but the utility would be very limited.

Awesome!!! Thank you so much again :slight_smile: really helped me out here

I’d like to point out that results with secure DNS + iCloud Private Relay can vary. Success can depend on how you’ve configured your device to use secure DNS and the settings of your local network (e.g. secure DNS or not). Also, NextDNS did not support working with iCPR initially, but they can be u…

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Awesome!!! Thank you so much again really helped me out here

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