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So the app shows you your DNS logs, without any sort of protection. I imagine this is a trivially simple way of snooping on an unsuspecting target. Let’s say y
by jen729w 8y ago
So the app shows you your DNS logs, without any sort of protection.
I imagine this is a trivially simple way of snooping on an unsuspecting target. Let’s say you don’t trust your spouse. You install this app – showing them the security benefits as advertised by the application, letting them do their own research if necessary – then a day later come back and scroll through their DNS logs looking for cheatonmypartner.com.
- seanp2k2 8y agophysical access = device owned in almost every case
- laumars 8y agoThis app changes nothing. If you've got access to install software on someones handset then there isn't much they can do to prevent you from installing tracking tools - aside having to trust that you wouldn't.
- jen729w 8y agoAll good points in response, I hadn't thought this through. - You need to be able to unlock their device without their knowledge to view the DNS logs. - Therefore you know their PIN or have your fingerprint loaded (as I do on my partner's phone and vice versa). - Therefore you can just install [any other tracking malware] and hide the icon in a folder somewhere. And now you don't have a VPN icon in the toolbar. But does [any other tracking malware] actually exist for iOS?
- m45t3r 8y ago> But does [any other tracking malware] actually exist for iOS? Much easier would be to install a router with OpenWRT, set a DNS server (that your DHCP points to) and look at the logs. Or even running Wireshark in your own network should do the trick. As long the DNS requests are not encrypt, you should got the information you want.
- benbristow 8y agoMight raise some flags with the 'VPN' icon in the corner of the device.