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Mullvad VPN & NextDNS

Hey everyone.

I have setup Mullvad VPN on my router, and am using NextDNS as DNS server.

I’m still very new to this, so sorry if it’s a stupid question😅

Mullvad VPN tells me that I have a DNS leak, I ran a test and all it showed me was the NextDNS server. Is this a problem, can it be used to track me?

 

Thanks for your time in advance😄 

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    • 2 yrs ago
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    The reason it shows as DNS Leak is simply because its not using a Mullvad DNS they most likely whitelist their own DNS servers to show as not leaking. Can it be used to track you, I mean NextDNS itself is to stop tracking/ads so honestly speaking it should perform even better than the stock DNS that they have since the filters block many domains.

    The only possible issue would be with streaming potentially as I've heard from some VPN services that the DNS is also needed to bypass some Anti VPN measures taken by some sites. So in terms of privacy, as long as you trust NextDNS the "leak" is just NextDNS processing domains so nothing to worry about.

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