--- title: DNS traffic can leak outside the VPN tunnel on Android description: DNS traffic on Android can leak outside the VPN tunnel, potentially compromising user privacy and revealing their approximate location. The leaks can occur in... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/dns-traffic-can-leak-outside-the-vpn-tunnel-on-android-nt9lyzawq twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: DNS traffic can leak outside the VPN tunnel on Android | daily.dev og:description: DNS traffic on Android can leak outside the VPN tunnel, potentially compromising user privacy and revealing their approximate location. The leaks can occur in... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/dns-traffic-can-leak-outside-the-vpn-tunnel-on-android-nt9lyzawq og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/Nt9LYZawQ.png og:image:alt: DNS traffic can leak outside the VPN tunnel on Android 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. # DNS traffic can leak outside the VPN tunnel on Android **[Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/hn)** · 4 min read · 5 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary DNS traffic on Android can leak outside the VPN tunnel, potentially compromising user privacy and revealing their approximate location. The leaks can occur in certain scenarios and are caused by bugs in the Android OS. It is recommended to take precautions to prevent these leaks and keep VPN apps and the OS up to date. ## 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), [#dns](https://daily.dev/tags/dns), [#vpn](https://daily.dev/tags/vpn) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/dns-traffic-can-leak-outside-the-vpn-tunnel-on-android-nt9lyzawq) ```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":"DNS traffic can leak outside the VPN tunnel on Android","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/dns-traffic-can-leak-outside-the-vpn-tunnel-on-android-nt9lyzawq","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/dns-traffic-can-leak-outside-the-vpn-tunnel-on-android-nt9lyzawq"},"datePublished":"2024-05-03T14:21:50.444Z","dateModified":"2024-05-09T08:43:33.910Z","description":"DNS traffic on Android can leak outside the VPN tunnel, potentially compromising user privacy and revealing their approximate location. The leaks can occur in...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/9b7ba9dfa011f882a05ab1f634b90cba?_a=AQAEuiZ","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/9b7ba9dfa011f882a05ab1f634b90cba?_a=AQAEuiZ","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Hacker 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":"Hacker News","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/hn","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/hn"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/dns-traffic-can-leak-outside-the-vpn-tunnel-on-android-nt9lyzawq","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":5},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"security,android,privacy,dns,vpn","timeRequired":"PT4M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Hacker News","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/hn"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"DNS traffic can leak outside the VPN tunnel on Android"}]} ```