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iOS Privacy Warning

LGUser — Wed, 09 Feb 2022 16:26:24 GMT

If you notice a Privacy Warning message with your network connection on iOS 15.3, it's nothing to worry about. Apple has been doing this behind the scenes since iOS 15. It's just that Apple has decided to display this starting with iOS 15.3. Nothing to worry about at all.

The reason for the warning is that you are not using WAP3. The routers you have from your ISP do not support WPA3 and WPA2 is perfectly OK for protection.

Re: iOS Privacy Warning

mae-3 — Wed, 09 Feb 2022 17:32:15 GMT

@LGUser

Apple considers WPA2 AES encryption strong, and it does not need WPA3 to stop the warning. The privacy warning is also owning to two other things on Apple devices, eg: enable Private Wi-Fi Addresses to stop tracking across wifi networks and don't block DNS over HTTPS for the domain doh.dns.apple.com domain.

Re: iOS Privacy Warning

LGUser — Wed, 09 Feb 2022 18:58:35 GMT

@mae-3 wrote:
@LGUser

Apple considers WPA2 AES encryption strong, and it does not need WPA3 to stop the warning. The privacy warning is also owning to two other things on Apple devices, eg: enable Private Wi-Fi Addresses to stop tracking across wifi networks and don't block DNS over HTTPS for the domain doh.dns.apple.com domain.

Then I should not be getting this message about privacy concerns.

Re: iOS Privacy Warning

mae-3 — Wed, 09 Feb 2022 19:29:00 GMT

@LGUser

What IP address does ping doh.dns.apple.com report back when run on the command prompt for Windows or terminal prompt for macOS? As for the security below WPA2 AES Apple report weak security, not privacy.

Re: iOS Privacy Warning

Skull+Treaty — Wed, 09 Feb 2022 20:32:20 GMT

@LGUser wrote:

Then I should not be getting this message about privacy concerns.

Finally moved from EE to Sky Broadband (being a Sky Broadband forum)

Re: iOS Privacy Warning

Clivers — Wed, 09 Feb 2022 20:10:39 GMT

Thanks for that, I only noticed that on my phone tonight.

Re: iOS Privacy Warning

mae-3 — Wed, 09 Feb 2022 20:36:46 GMT

@Clivers

So we can help with the privacy warning message, can you press the 'i' on the wireless network on the iPhone and see what the full message is about privacy and is it about DNS over HTTPS blocking?

Re: iOS Privacy Warning

Skull+Treaty — Wed, 09 Feb 2022 20:40:05 GMT

@mae-3 Mine shows

This network is blocking encrypted DNS traffic.

Re: iOS Privacy Warning

mae-3 — Wed, 09 Feb 2022 20:43:26 GMT

@Skull+Treaty

Then the Sky network is blocking doh.dns.apple.com on the broadband shield or Buddy because it is a proxy. Basically, DNS over HTTPS to Apple is being blocked. What is the IP address that Sky reports back when you ping doh.dns.apple.com?

Re: iOS Privacy Warning

Clivers — Wed, 09 Feb 2022 20:47:05 GMT

It states "Private Wi-Fi address is turned off for this network, Using a private address helps reduce tracking of your iPhone across different Wi-Fi networks.

Re: iOS Privacy Warning

Skull+Treaty — Wed, 09 Feb 2022 21:01:21 GMT

@mae-3

No Buddy in place - return IP is 17.253.124.119

Re: iOS Privacy Warning

mae-3 — Wed, 09 Feb 2022 20:48:54 GMT

@Clivers

Then you need to enable 'private IP address' in network settings on the iPhone.

Re: iOS Privacy Warning

mae-3 — Wed, 09 Feb 2022 21:05:06 GMT

@Skull+Treaty

The reverse DNS for that IP address does point to an Apple domain, but not quite sure whether it is reporting whether the traffic is successful or not. The domain is basically a research domain for DoH, still doing some research on the domain and IP?

Re: iOS Privacy Warning

Skull+Treaty — Wed, 09 Feb 2022 21:12:54 GMT

@mae-3

Done another ping, return IP this time is 64.78.200.1

Re: iOS Privacy Warning

TomThumb5ive — Wed, 09 Feb 2022 21:27:14 GMT

Has someone been poking Apple with a big stick again lol

cough cough @Skull+Treaty

******

PING doh.dns.apple.com (17.253.54.119): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 17.253.54.119: seq=4 ttl=55 time=31.700 ms

--- doh.dns.apple.com ping statistics ---
5 packets transmitted, 1 packets received, 80% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max = 31.700/31.700/31.700 ms

Re: iOS Privacy Warning

mae-3 — Wed, 09 Feb 2022 21:28:53 GMT

@Skull+Treaty

The first IP address you posted is the correct IP address for DoH for Apple, and the second IP address is the packet clearing house (PCH) which handles a large part of the DNS system.

Sky must be blocking DoH in some way other than by DNS on the backbone?

Re: iOS Privacy Warning

mae-3 — Wed, 09 Feb 2022 21:35:54 GMT

@TomThumb5ive

I see that you have an 80% packet loss to the DoH domain for Apple for ICMP? 😉

Re: iOS Privacy Warning

Skull+Treaty — Wed, 09 Feb 2022 22:02:38 GMT

@mae-3 @TomThumb5ive

80% - ouch!

12 packets transmitted, 12 packets received, 0.0% packet loss

Re: iOS Privacy Warning

TomThumb5ive — Wed, 09 Feb 2022 22:01:09 GMT

@mae-3 That was purely because of the ever so slight hint that Apple's superiority complex (sry I mean privacy warning) is ever so slightly over the top,

my hands are clean, 'twas mae, mae cough cough

Tom...

Re: iOS Privacy Warning

mae-3 — Wed, 09 Feb 2022 22:06:18 GMT

@TomThumb5ive

That may be the case, but I'm not getting any warning about DNS encrypted traffic being blocked once the domain mentioned was unblocked on my firewall for my internet provider! Whether it needs blocking by any ISP because it is a potential proxy is questionable?