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DuckDuckGo’s mobile apps (iOS/Android) can route DNS queries through DuckDuckGo’s own DNS servers when their VPN-like “App Tracking Protection” or VPN feature is active, and those servers apply a regu...
Major ISPs and DNS providers follow a patchwork of practices: some jurisdictions (e.g., EU, Australia) have mandatory retention laws requiring ISPs to store connection metadata for fixed periods, whil...
Encrypted DNS via DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH) and DNS-over-TLS (DoT) is widely supported by major public resolvers—Cloudflare, Google, NextDNS and others—but encryption alone does not remove the client's IP ...
You can check whether your device uses DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH) or DNS-over-TLS (DoT) by inspecting browser or OS resolver settings, observing ports and endpoints in traffic or router logs, or using clien...
Encrypted DNS protocols like DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH) and DNS-over-TLS (DoT) prevent on-path observers from reading or tampering with DNS queries, but they do not by themselves stop resolvers from associa...
Major European ISPs do not have a single, -mandated DNS query‑log retention period; retention is driven by a mix of national laws, sectoral telecom rules, and individual company policies, and public d...
A handful of public DNS services have subjected their privacy promises to external scrutiny: Cloudflare explicitly commissions annual KPMG audits and publishes reports about its “no-logging” handling ...
The most secure and privacy-focused DNS resolvers emphasize encrypted transport (DoH/DoT/DoQ), minimal or no logging, and hardening features such as DNSSEC and query-name minimization; top choices rep...
NextDNS is a feature-rich, DNS-level privacy and ad-blocking service that encrypts DNS queries (DoH/DoT), applies large, continuously updated blocklists, and exposes detailed logs and analytics for fi...