FAQs

Once a DNS requests comes through, a communication channel (called network socket) is opened and data collection gets through. Without getting too specific into the ISO model, a packet is a small segment of a larger message. The iodé blocker calculates the amount of data sent and received through each socket and displays it. You … Read more

As the blocker captures the DNS requests before they are transmitted to the system function that emits the DNS request, it is is independent of the kind of DNS server used by the system or set by an independent app: classical DNS on UDP port 53 or any other one, DNS over TLS (DoT), DNS … Read more

DNS stands for “Domain Name System“. You can think of it as the phonebook of the Internet. When a computer (for example your laptop) connects to another computer (for example a server that hosts a website) over the internet in order to gather information, they do so by connecting via the Internet Protocol. Each computer … Read more

The iodé adblocker runs permanently on your device by default. One way to detect a tracker is to monitor Internet activity, by intercepting connections coming in and out of the phone. This is a method actually used by hackers and is known as a MITM (Man In The Middle) attack. The iodé blocker uses this … Read more

A tracker is a piece of software, often as part of an app, that is implemented to collect data about a user and their behavior and send that data back to the app developer and third parties, if third party integrations are built in (which is often the case). The tracker can extract personal data … Read more

The iodé blocker is one of the main features of iodéOS. It is a built-in adblocker that automatically blocks trackers and malicious recipients in order to preserve your privacy and secure your data. Here is a article explaining how the iodé blocker works.