I know that a lot of VPN users have it as a homepage to their browser, that is why I wanted to publish this warning.

You can replace it with:

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[–] 1 point 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

This is a service provided by some DNS hosts, with their own special subdomains, and is not universal. They may also require slightly different options.

Other options include:

  • Google (query for txt record): @ns1.google.com o-o.myaddr.l.google.com

  • Akaimai (query for txt record): @ns1-1.akamaitech.net whoami.akamai.net

  • Cloudflare: @1.1.1.1 whoami.cloudflare

  • Cisco (there are four, as far as can tell): @resolver[1-4].opendns.com myip.opendns.com

…and likely others.

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