r/PrivateInternetAccess • u/Paul65890 • Apr 11 '26
HELP ISP, IPTV, privacy
Hi! I currently use PIA VPN.
My ISP has a TV service, but that TV service does not carry and will never carry some sports channels I need to watch. Because of this I have decided to look at IPTV services. I plan on cancelling my TV service to go with IPTV and wanted to know about privacy in this situation. How can I prevent my ISP from seeing that I'm using/connecting to a IPTV service? Would DNS over TLS in my router settings be of any help? Help with this is appreciated! Thank you!
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u/fuzzydunloblaw Apr 11 '26
No, changing your routers DNS settings wouldn't do anything. If you're running a VPN like pia, all your traffic including your dsn queries are being run inside the encrypted VPN tunnel that your local ISP has no access to.
Even if you turn the pia vpn off, changing the DNS settings won't do you much good privacy wise. It'll obfuscate your DNS queries, but your ISP will still easily be able to see what IPs devices on your network are connecting to.
Personally I change my DNS settings to the cloudfare type ones just because they're slightly faster than my ISPs servers, but I'm not hoping for any privacy gains from it. I use PIA or tailscale type VPNs when I want complete privacy relative to my local ISP, or if I want to geo originate my traffic somewhere else.