[pkulak]

Yeah, if it was intentional, it would probably be a hard-coded, encrypted URL. Some devices are starting to do that to get around ad blocking.

[hiatus]

Good thing you can still see the domain over the network if you control the network.

[lukevp]

You can’t control anything if they do DNS over HTTPS to a hardcoded IP they control and cert pin so you can’t MITM the connection, can you?

[userbinator]

That's what a firewall is for.

[Wingy]

If the pinned cert is stored on some kind of ROM chip you could probably rewrite it to replace it with your own cert.

[hiatus]

You can at the very least block traffic to the hardcoded IP.

[pkulak]

Sure, but then DNS breaks on the device and it's useless. Might as well just hit it with a hammer.