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VPN clients and OS-level encrypted DNS settings can bypass the SOCKS proxy and cause DNS leaks, compromising user anonymity.
DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH) encrypts just DNS lookups, preventing on‑network observers from seeing which names are being resolved, whereas a VPN creates an encrypted tunnel for all traffic and can route DNS ...
Tor Browser is designed not to perform DNS lookups locally — DNS resolution is routed through the Tor network and performed by exit nodes — so native DNS leaks from the Tor Browser itself are not comm...
with Tor can improve some privacy properties but introduces new leak risks; practical defenses are straightforward: force DNS and IPv6 queries through Tor or the VPN, enforce a kill-switch or firewall...