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Exactly. I find it ironic this article cites Snowden while literally sounding like the very spying that Snowden exposed and fought.

> I find it ironic this article cites Snowden while literally sounding like the very spying that Snowden exposed and fought.

I agree, but at the same time Snowden also fought conspiracies of powerful government actors, such as the Russian government and Trump, against the public's interest.

I'm not an expert, but couldn't you just use the IP address directly? Wouldn't that avoid DNS hits?

You could run your own DNS server so your lookups don't wind up in the logs of these guys.

Ensure that your logless VPN provider runs their own DNS service. Test at https://dnsleaktest.com