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  "path": "/t/dns-traffic-can-leak-outside-the-vpn-tunnel-on-android/18152?page=2#post_24",
  "publishedAt": "2026-06-02T20:18:56.000Z",
  "site": "https://discuss.privacyguides.net",
  "tags": [
    "Google Issue Tracker",
    "[1]",
    "any app on recent Android versions can leak certain traffic",
    "[2]",
    "[3]",
    "Privacy Guides",
    "Should I use encrypted DNS with a VPN? - How Do VPNs Protect Your Privacy? Our...",
    "↩︎",
    "lowlevel.fun – 30 Apr 26",
    "External Image",
    "The Tiny UDP Cannon: An Android VPN Bypass",
    "Mullvad VPN",
    "Any app on recent Android versions can leak certain traffic | Mullvad VPN"
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  "textContent": "This issue(Google Issue Tracker) remains not fixed till now but configuring private DNS prevents the leak partially[1]. There’s a mitigation via adb for another widely known bug where any app on recent Android versions can leak certain traffic[2][3], is there a similar fix through ADB possible for this bug too?\n\n* * *\n\n  1. Privacy Guides\n\n### Should I use encrypted DNS with a VPN? - How Do VPNs Protect Your Privacy? Our...\n\nVirtual Private Networks are a way of extending the end of your network to exit somewhere else in the world. | Virtual Private Networks shift risk away from your ISP to a third-party you trust. You should keep these things in mind.\n\n↩︎\n\n  2. lowlevel.fun – 30 Apr 26  External Image\n\n### The Tiny UDP Cannon: An Android VPN Bypass\n\nAn unprivileged Android app can leak the user's real IP past Always-On VPN + lockdown by handing system_server a UDP payload to fire on its behalf.\n\n↩︎\n\n  3. Mullvad VPN\n\n### Any app on recent Android versions can leak certain traffic | Mullvad VPN\n\nA recently discovered bug in Android 16 allows any app to leak traffic outside the VPN tunnel.\n\n↩︎\n\n\n",
  "title": "DNS traffic can leak outside the VPN tunnel on Android"
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