--- title: Android Ruins VPN Use Due To Its DNS Leak Flaw | daily.dev description: Android users are at risk of DNS leaks even with the 'Always-On' kill switch on their VPN. The vulnerability affects Google Chrome browser and a patch is being... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/android-ruins-vpn-use-due-to-its-dns-leak-flaw-7pftdpmc9 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Android Ruins VPN Use Due To Its DNS Leak Flaw | daily.dev og:description: Android users are at risk of DNS leaks even with the 'Always-On' kill switch on their VPN. The vulnerability affects Google Chrome browser and a patch is being... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/android-ruins-vpn-use-due-to-its-dns-leak-flaw-7pftdpmc9 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/7PftdPmC9.png og:image:alt: Android Ruins VPN Use Due To Its DNS Leak Flaw og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Android Ruins VPN Use Due To Its DNS Leak Flaw **[Latest Hacking News](https://daily.dev/sources/lhn)** · 2 min read · 3 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Android users are at risk of DNS leaks even with the 'Always-On' kill switch on their VPN. The vulnerability affects Google Chrome browser and a patch is being worked on by Google. In the meantime, a workaround suggested is setting up a bogus DNS server at the OS level. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#security](https://daily.dev/tags/security), [#android](https://daily.dev/tags/android), [#privacy](https://daily.dev/tags/privacy), [#vpn](https://daily.dev/tags/vpn) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/android-ruins-vpn-use-due-to-its-dns-leak-flaw-7pftdpmc9) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Android Ruins VPN Use Due To Its DNS Leak Flaw","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/android-ruins-vpn-use-due-to-its-dns-leak-flaw-7pftdpmc9","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/android-ruins-vpn-use-due-to-its-dns-leak-flaw-7pftdpmc9"},"datePublished":"2024-05-07T19:35:24.136Z","dateModified":"2024-05-09T08:22:04.995Z","description":"Android users are at risk of DNS leaks even with the 'Always-On' kill switch on their VPN. The vulnerability affects Google Chrome browser and a patch is being...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/c56a531358163c65fdfccf0d6ffa4ddc?_a=AQAEuiZ","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/c56a531358163c65fdfccf0d6ffa4ddc?_a=AQAEuiZ","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Latest Hacking News","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Latest Hacking News","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/5110318ded6e43f1bb12facdeb2b1965","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/lhn"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/android-ruins-vpn-use-due-to-its-dns-leak-flaw-7pftdpmc9","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":3},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"security,android,privacy,vpn","timeRequired":"PT2M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Latest Hacking News","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/lhn"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Android Ruins VPN Use Due To Its DNS Leak Flaw"}]} ```