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Best DNS for privacy?

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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
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The one from your ISP. Your ISP can see your traffic anyway, so you gain nothing by using a third-party DNS server.

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itchy_lizard@feddit.it
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Mt ISP can’t see my traffic or my DNS lookups lol

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nachtigall@feddit.de
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Congrats but then you are using more than just another DNS resolver/different DNS technology.

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fatcat@discuss.tchncs.deOP
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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!

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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.

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