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>Little Snitch Just FYI, Little Snitch resolves the DNS request (to IP) while the dialogue is onscreen (i.e. before you click `DENY` or `ALLOW`, a DNS query ha
by ProllyInfamous 5y ago
>Little Snitch
Just FYI, Little Snitch resolves the DNS request (to IP) while the dialogue is onscreen (i.e. before you click `DENY` or `ALLOW`, a DNS query has already been sent).
All Little Snitch does is prevent the connection to the IP address, but your DNS host (e.g. ISP) knows what URL(s) you are requesting, even if/when you click `DENY`.
- djur 5y agoWhy is that a problem?
- smolder 5y agoRecording DNS queries is a long standing method of spying on end users that ISPs and governments have at their disposal. In the US we have a constitutional amendment about how it's supposed to be illegal for law enforcement to mess with people not suspected of a crime - the fourth amendment. They don't really respect that rule at all, so it's in everyone's best interest not to give them metadata when it's avoidable.
- core-utility 5y agoThat's good to know. I don't use my ISP's DNS and so I have inherently a little less concern about the query itself. My biggest concern for having Little Snitch is the data/connection itself.