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this post was submitted on 22 Aug 2023
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The security on your device doesn't matter at all.
For ANY device to reach ANYTHING on the Internet it has to send a lookup request to a DNS server to get the IP of the server.
A privately controlled network can easily force all of those requests through their own private DNS server which captures all activity.
I am actually running AdGuard Pro with a custom DNS on that device.
That device would not be able to reach th custom DNS in the scenario I mentioned. If it cannot fall back to the network's DNS it would simply fail to reach any websites.
That’s what I meant to say, that your scenario is unlikely in my case.