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v7engine | 4 months ago

Safari ads are not blocked when using NextDNS. Is it just me?

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latexr|4 months ago

Safari does not respect the operating system’s DNS settings, it uses its own. I have seen several reports online that you can disable this behaviour by turning off iCloud Private Relay or disabling Advanced Tracking and Fingerprint Protection, but was never able to do so with various combinations.

drnick1|4 months ago

> Safari does not respect the operating system’s DNS settings, it uses its own.

I have known this for a long time, and still find it shocking. I run Graphene on a Pixel now (with my own DNS server), so I don't really care, but I feel bad for the hundreds of millions of Apple users who think that Apple is a "privacy-respecting" company.

Citizen8396|4 months ago

How are you setting DNS and on which platform? I've tested this extensively and it does work in my experience.

drcongo|4 months ago

iCloud Private Relay is the only thing that stops Safari using your NextDNS config, turn that off and you're golden. I've been using NextDNS since it launched, I love it.

ornornor|4 months ago

It’s is.

latexr|4 months ago

It’s not, and a basic “Safari DNS” web search shows you it’s not.