But What is Private DNS and Why Should You Use It for Better Privacy?
Protecting your online activity in today’s digital world is more important than ever. Unless those sensitive data are shielded, every click, search, or site visit could expose it. The Domain Name System (DNS) is one of the least thought of Internet privacy factors, the technology that takes human friendly domain names and converts them to IP addresses machines use. Private DNS fills in that gap. They are a feature that enhances your Internet privacy by encrypting the DNS queries. Unlike regular DNS, where your requests can be intercepted or monitored by anyone down the chain, ISPs, back-hole operators, and hackers, those protocols are encrypted and your traffic is secured using protocols like DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH) or DNS-over-TLS (DoT). This means snoopers cannot see which websites you’re trying to access.