Best DNS for privacy?
Best DNS for privacy?
I read a bit about using a different DNS for Privacy and I think the best one should be quad9? Or is there anything better except self hosting a DNS?
I use Quad9 for my upstream.
This!
Using NextDNS for quite long time
Want something that works fast? NextDNS, Adguard or DNSwatch
Want something a bit more complicated but better for privacy? Setup PiHole + DNSCrypt proxy with anonymized DNS
I use NextDNS, but also use Cloudflare sometimes.
Quad9 is decent, but there's some weird legislative issues (they can be court ordered to not resolve certain sites) BC weird reasons.
If you have a raspberry pi or similar sitting somewhere, you can set up a pihole DNS with unbound as upstream. Then you've got a DNS that's as private as you want, locally cached and with additional ad/malware/... blocking capabilities.
I'm using dnscrypt combined with a firewall app. RethinkDNS on android and postmaster on pc.
I use cloudflare dns
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Yes, but what does it use?
Authoritative name servers.
Good enough write-up about it here: https://docs.pi-hole.net/guides/dns/unbound/
Use your own.
That may not always be the best way to go, as it'll make fingerprinting also much easier. The more custom your setup is, the less there are like you, the easier your tracked by fingerprinting techniques.
Not saying it's bad per se, but the idea that trusting no one and setting everything up yourself is always more private isn't true either. Both providers and do-it-yourself have negative sides one should stay critical about.
The one from your ISP. Your ISP can see your traffic anyway, so you gain nothing by using a third-party DNS server.
As far as I read (I'm no expert!) they could check the SNI of the TLS handshake if they want. But using the DNS of the ISP is handing them the data right in a way they can analyze/use them very easily afaik?
Still learning about this topic!
I'm not an expert on what makes a "good DNS", but I have been using a pi-hole for about 5 years and it has been super stable the whole time, despite my best efforts.