Urban VPN leaks DNS queries in plaintext, test finds

A user tested Urban VPN with Wireshark and a Python script: while the app showed "Connected", all 50–100 DNS lookups left the Wi-Fi interface in plaintext to the local DNS server instead of the tunnel. The public IP changed, but ISPs and local observers can still see every site visited.

• With Urban VPN on, 50 of 50 DNS lookups left in plaintext
• A repeat test with 100 lookups returned the same 100/100 result
• Public IP changed, but DNS went to the local server, not the tunnel
• Urban VPN claims to be trusted by over 80 million users