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DuckDuckGo’s public materials and reported issues do not present a single, explicit claim that DuckDuckGo “defaults” to DNS over HTTPS (DoH) or DNS over TLS (DoT) across its apps and browser extension...
The preponderance of independent reporting describes Glycopezil as a classic online supplement scam: fabricated reviews and endorsements, bait‑and‑switch long‑form ads, aggressive social ads, and repo...
DuckDuckGo’s VPN and apps are configured to send DNS queries to “DuckDuckGo DNS servers” while connected to its VPN; DuckDuckGo says those DNS queries protect traffic from being logged by an ISP or th...
Tor Browser sends DNS names inside the encrypted Tor circuit to the chosen exit relay; the exit relay performs DNS resolution and the ISP does not directly receive DNS queries from the client. . Tor’s...
DuckDuckGo’s public materials indicate its VPN and related privacy features route DNS queries to , and users can configure custom DNS providers inside the VPN, but the documentation and audit do not e...
The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) operates the CyberTipline as the national clearinghouse where electronic service providers and the public report suspected child sexual exp...
Encrypted DNS via DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH) and DNS-over-TLS (DoT) is widely supported by major public resolvers—Cloudflare, Google, NextDNS and others—but encryption alone does not remove the client's IP ...
Major ISPs and DNS providers follow a patchwork of practices: some jurisdictions (e.g., EU, Australia) have mandatory retention laws requiring ISPs to store connection metadata for fixed periods, whil...
Available reporting shows regulatory action against OnlyFans itself over its age/ID verification practices — notably Ofcom investigations and fines in 2025 — but the search results do not document a c...
Major public DNS operators commonly state short technical retention windows — e.g., Google’s public DNS logs IP-related metadata for about 24–48 hours and Cloudflare’s public statements put retention ...
Researchers and vendors have identified several technical pathways by which iCloud Private Relay may fail to fully hide a user’s IP or be bypassed for tracking: WebRTC/STUN leaks that expose real IPs ...
iCloud Private Relay splits Safari traffic through two relays so no single party can see both the user’s IP and the destination site: Apple’s ingress proxy sees the user’s real IP (and region) but not...
DNS leaks while using Tor happen when hostname lookups escape the Tor network and go to a local or public DNS resolver; reported causes include browser features or extensions that resolve names locall...
Law enforcement cannot simply read a user’s real IP address from Safari traffic when iCloud Private Relay is active because Apple’s design routes requests through two relays and separates the IP from ...
Yes — prosecutors routinely rely on digital “fingerprints” (hashes) as core evidence in CSAM prosecutions; services and law enforcement use exact and fuzzy hashing systems like PhotoDNA to identify kn...
Cloudflare’s own reporting and multiple security outlets document a rapid succession of record-breaking mitigations in 2025, culminating in a December claim that Cloudflare blocked a 29.7 Tbps DDoS pe...
You can check whether your device uses DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH) or DNS-over-TLS (DoT) by inspecting browser or OS resolver settings, observing ports and endpoints in traffic or router logs, or using clien...
Global takedowns and enforcement actions against CSAM have surged and shifted in character over the past five years: law enforcement shut major darknet and surface sites (e.g., Welcome to Video, Dark ...
Police and tech companies primarily rely on automated hash-matching and machine‑learning classifiers to find known and likely CSAM quickly; NCMEC had shared more than 9.8 million hashes with providers...
Platforms and vendors currently offer appeals, human review and correction workflows, and some statutory or regulator-backed remedies — Google and Apple both describe appeal or human-review safeguards...