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What I find more interesting than the story itself is how this DNS technique could be used for surveillance. Could anyone elaborate at a technical level what s
by kelseydh 10y ago
What I find more interesting than the story itself is how this DNS technique could be used for surveillance.
Could anyone elaborate at a technical level what someone could do to prevent this kind of metadata in communications from being detected? E.g. are there any messaging apps that can obscure traffic analysis like this?
- SapphireSun 10y agoI'm not an expert, but couldn't you just use the IP address directly? Wouldn't that avoid DNS hits?
- panarky 10y agoYou could run your own DNS server so your lookups don't wind up in the logs of these guys.
- davemel37 10y agoExactly. I find it ironic this article cites Snowden while literally sounding like the very spying that Snowden exposed and fought.
- hackuser 10y ago> I find it ironic this article cites Snowden while literally sounding like the very spying that Snowden exposed and fought. I agree, but at the same time Snowden also fought conspiracies of powerful government actors, such as the Russian government and Trump, against the public's interest.
- kobayashi 10y agoEnsure that your logless VPN provider runs their own DNS service. Test at https://dnsleaktest.com https://dnsleaktest.com