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Best DNS for privacy? (discuss.tchncs.de)

submitted 1 year ago by fatcat@discuss.tchncs.de to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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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?

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[–] nachtigall@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They route your traffic, hence they can see all IP addresses you communicate with. With a reverse lookup you can then usually find out the address too.