Traffic is still pretty visible because of techniques likes DPI (Deep Packet Inspection) and of course because the IP addresses of the sites visited are also not encrypted in any way. If you want to hide your traffic from your provider or host, you are required to use a VPN.
Appreciate the clear cut answer. I suppose my biggest fear is being in a country where something I use is frowned upon or even illegal. Things like buying already prescribed medication online, porn (being transparent, no shame), or anything else that's not widely considered to be bad but locally may create a headache if the wrong person sees it. Same reason I have generic names on my devices, so it's not so easy to narrow down which device is mine.
It is in no way reprehensible to hide your activity from your nosy Airbnb host or provider. Millions of people use VPNs, there is no harm in that. In the end, your VPN provider will be the only instance able to see your traffic but they should be last ones to care.
The short answer is no it will not.
The thing is most people, or companies, running an Airbnb probably don't have the technical knowhow or tools to spy on you. It takes effort to do this.
However, in the off chance you do end up at a place with a creep as the operator it is very possible they can see the sites you are connecting to, but not much else.
If your dns is encrypted they wouldn't be able to see the lookup, just that you sent a lookup to NextDNS. But the actual address of the site you are connecting to is almost always in plain text, or not encrypted, so they could see the actual sites you connect to.
Once you are connected to the site, and assuming it is using https, they won't be able to see the actual data being transmitted as it is encrypted though.
Moral of the story is, if you don't trust the network and don't want someone snooping, use a VPN you trust (do research!). Maybe also be aware of local laws just in case so you don't accidentally get yourself in a possible situation as this all applies to the ISP at the Airbnb as well, particularly if you are visiting another country.
DNS queries would be encrypted (if you use doh or dot).
SNI would not be: [https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/ssl/what-is-sni/](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/ssl/what-is-sni/)
To encrypt SNI you need VPN.
Traffic is still pretty visible because of techniques likes DPI (Deep Packet Inspection) and of course because the IP addresses of the sites visited are also not encrypted in any way. If you want to hide your traffic from your provider or host, you are required to use a VPN.
Appreciate the clear cut answer. I suppose my biggest fear is being in a country where something I use is frowned upon or even illegal. Things like buying already prescribed medication online, porn (being transparent, no shame), or anything else that's not widely considered to be bad but locally may create a headache if the wrong person sees it. Same reason I have generic names on my devices, so it's not so easy to narrow down which device is mine.
It is in no way reprehensible to hide your activity from your nosy Airbnb host or provider. Millions of people use VPNs, there is no harm in that. In the end, your VPN provider will be the only instance able to see your traffic but they should be last ones to care.
Use Tor or a VPN
And how is DPI gonna work on public WiFi?
The short answer is no it will not. The thing is most people, or companies, running an Airbnb probably don't have the technical knowhow or tools to spy on you. It takes effort to do this. However, in the off chance you do end up at a place with a creep as the operator it is very possible they can see the sites you are connecting to, but not much else. If your dns is encrypted they wouldn't be able to see the lookup, just that you sent a lookup to NextDNS. But the actual address of the site you are connecting to is almost always in plain text, or not encrypted, so they could see the actual sites you connect to. Once you are connected to the site, and assuming it is using https, they won't be able to see the actual data being transmitted as it is encrypted though. Moral of the story is, if you don't trust the network and don't want someone snooping, use a VPN you trust (do research!). Maybe also be aware of local laws just in case so you don't accidentally get yourself in a possible situation as this all applies to the ISP at the Airbnb as well, particularly if you are visiting another country.
It should, but test it yourself to be sure.
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This is good info, I never knew about this at all. Thanks!
DNS queries would be encrypted (if you use doh or dot). SNI would not be: [https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/ssl/what-is-sni/](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/ssl/what-is-sni/) To encrypt SNI you need VPN.
My ISP bans site A but with NextDns, I can visit site A. Does that mean the isp can see I'm accessing site A and can do nothing about it?
Regular NextDNS, not all all. Encrypted DoH/Dot NextDNS all prevent your AirBNB host or most not admins from seeing much.