iOS Privacy Warning

[LGUser]

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.

[mae-3]

@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.

[LGUser]

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@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.

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

[mae-3]

@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.

[Skull+Treaty]

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@LGUser wrote:Then I should not be getting this message about privacy concerns.

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

[Clivers]

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

[mae-3]

@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?

[Skull+Treaty]

@mae-3 Mine shows 

This network is blocking encrypted DNS traffic. 

[mae-3]

@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?

[Clivers]

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.

[Skull+Treaty]

@mae-3 

No Buddy in place - return IP is 17.253.124.119

[mae-3]

@Clivers 

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

[mae-3]

@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?

[Skull+Treaty]

@mae-3 

Done another ping, return IP this time is 64.78.200.1

[TomThumb5ive]

Has someone been poking Apple with a big stick again lol

cough cough @Skull+Treaty 

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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