topic Re: Privacy warning Query has appeared and it effects connection in Broadband

Privacy warning Query has appeared and it effects connection

Joey010587 — Fri, 13 Sep 2024 17:59:45 GMT

can someone explain what’s happening with this? Privacy warning? Has appeared recently and it’s effecting my connection. How do we resolve it? Thanks

Re: Privacy warning Query has appeared and it effects connection

fr8ys — Fri, 13 Sep 2024 18:08:21 GMT

Have you clicked on the i button? What information does it give?

Does it help you in resolving the issue?

Re: Privacy warning Query has appeared and it effects connection

Joey010587 — Fri, 13 Sep 2024 18:30:33 GMT

this appears. Never had it before. Not sure how to resolve it

Re: Privacy warning Query has appeared and it effects connection

ferguson — Fri, 13 Sep 2024 18:50:12 GMT

That's an iPhone by the look of it. Did you click on the "Learn more..." message there to see if there were any tips?

Re: Privacy warning Query has appeared and it effects connection

Sidious — Fri, 13 Sep 2024 22:09:34 GMT

Just a thought. I wonder if the warning is being generated because of Homesafe? That uses DNS 'sniffing' to work, does it not?

Ant (aka Sidious)

Re: Privacy warning Query has appeared and it effects connection

ferguson — Fri, 13 Sep 2024 22:24:16 GMT

Would Homesafe generate a warning on an iPhone?

Re: Privacy warning Query has appeared and it effects connection

Sidious — Sat, 14 Sep 2024 22:11:35 GMT

It's just pure conjecture on my part. This problem seems common on newer Apple devices.

https://community.talktalk.co.uk/t5/Full-Fibre/Privacy-warning-This-network-is-blocking-encrypted-DNS-traffic/td-p/3003237

Re: Privacy warning Query has appeared and it effects connection

ferguson — Sun, 15 Sep 2024 11:23:37 GMT

So, maybe change the DNS servers?

Re: Privacy warning Query has appeared and it effects connection

AldridgeAndy — Sun, 15 Sep 2024 20:28:51 GMT

I’ve seen this warning displayed on iPhones if you disable “private WiFi address” in your WiFi Networks Settings.

Private WiFi address stops your iPhone being tracked by MAC address by giving each network you encounter a unique MAC address for that network. You’ll always appear to have the same mac addess for each network, just not the same mac addess across all networks.