Even tho am using proton VPN (free) with private dns enabled. dnsotls-ds.metric.gstatic.com this domain directly connects to my real isp and leaks my real location.
Am using private dns in order to block trackers in my bloated phone. (Debloating is not an option for me as i lack a laptop and bootlocker is not unlocked, i tried many ways to debloat but all i can do is disable system apps) I don’t installed any proprietary apps even whatsapp or banking apps to never sent my data to them. The issue is just system apps trackers. Am using ironfox with ublock and tor with noscript.
Any way to prevent this vpn leak ?
My threat model is to hide my traffic from isp as my isp is a spyware privacy invader.
I’ve never had a captcha with DuckDuckGo, if you want to give that a try. Otherwise, metasearch engines like SearXNG act as a proxy between you and other search engines.
Good to know. It’s up to you whether you want to trade privacy for convenience.
GrapheneOS’s browser Vanadium is a good option if you want to move away from Firefox-based browsers, but it’s not easy to install anywhere other than GrapheneOS. If you’re up to try, here’s how.
Brave can be hardened to minimize most of those, but I agree it is annoying that there are still background connections.
Besides Google being able to see every time you ping the domain, there’s not much else going on. It’s unlikely that it’s leaking any private data, so it’s relatively harmless. It’s not ideal that it connects to it, but it doesn’t pose too large of a threat.
Mullvad’s leta (google) is my default search engine. Also am a big fan of duckduckgo for more advanced search and its duck.ai is amazing.
Sure i will give a try vanadium browser if am able to install it.
Thank you for taking time to answer my questions.