I have been using an alcatel hotspot that has been provided to me and I was seeing if they can see my history/app activity even with a obfuscated vpn connection.
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What do you mean by "obfuscated VPN"? Do you simply mean "encrypted VPN"? – schroeder Dec 31 '21 at 16:42
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They should not be able to see what websites/apps you use, but they can figure out that you are using a VPN (and possibly, which VPN you're using).
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1Not if the *host* is configured to send DNS queries outside the VPN. We have a ton of posts here on this topic. Lookup "DNS leak" – schroeder Dec 31 '21 at 16:41
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1The host chooses the route for traffic. The VPN is just one network. – schroeder Dec 31 '21 at 19:02
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You do not understand how operating systems use and set up networks and VPNs. Please refresh your knowledge of routing and network paths. – schroeder Dec 31 '21 at 22:00
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Usually just getting the destination IP from your outgoing VPN traffic, and then doing a reverse DNS lookup, will not work. However, if they want to spent the time, they can compile/get a list of IPs for the hosts used by the usual VPN providers. The later is popular with nations which are a bit more subtle about blocking VPN access.
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Or if DNS queries are sent outside the VPN tunnel, which can happen/ – schroeder Dec 31 '21 at 15:12