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That free VPN I installed last week actually let my ISP see everything because I didn't check the DNS leak setting

I ran a simple DNS leak test after hearing about it on a forum and found my real IP was showing through, so now I always check that before trusting any privacy tool, has anyone else caught a VPN failing like that?
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gavin228
gavin22824d ago
Caught my neighbor's $5 VPN leaking his IP during last week's poker game, same story @jakewhite.
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jakewhite
jakewhite25d ago
Dude same here, I thought that free VPN was solid until I ran a leak test and saw my actual IP pop up. Now I won't even trust a paid one without checking DNS first, feels like half of them are just snake oil.
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baker.holly
Oh man, 'snake oil' is right. My buddy Matt signed up for one of those 'no-log' VPNs and six months later his bank info got scraped from some random server leak.
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