Encrypt Your DNS (STOP Your ISP SNOOPING!)
Most individuals assume that their internet searches remain private. However, many people unknowingly leak all of their internet activity through a DNS request. Unfortunately, few understand what the DNS is and why DNS leakage poses such a significant privacy concern.It’s the last unencrypted protocol where personal data can be accessed for better or worse.
What is DNS?
DNS stands for Domain Name System and acts as an internet phone book. Computers require IP addresses to communicate with each other since they do not understand names like “www.quadnine.net." The way this lookup occurs involves contacting authoritative name servers one after another until reaching the one responsible for maintaining records of the website’s IP address.
Although this process takes milliseconds, it requires considerable effort making queries; thus, computers or phones outsource tasks to local recursive resolvers instead. Users send URLs they want to visit so that resolvers can find their corresponding IP addresses.
Unfortunately, sending these requests outsources all internet activity by letting someone else see them!
Protecting Your Privacy
Most users’ default settings allow ISPs (Internet Service Providers) access to handle their dns queries — meaning sensitive information could get collected and sold without consent! For instance, even though most websites feature encryption protocols preventing ISP observation when connected via VPNs or secure channels — but using regular dns queries creates giant holes in privacy protection mechanisms!
As governments also gain control over people’s browsing habits through such leaks — especially if illegal sites got visited frequently- securing dns traffic becomes essential!
So What Can You Do?
One solution involves running your own resolver rather than outsourcing dns queries elsewhere! We recommend using open-source software pfsense along with service Unbound as your new resolver: this way you bypass any potential eavesdropping by ISPs entirely since only authorized servers receive forwarded messages securely encrypted between devices themselves using TLS/HTTPS protocols which makes hacking attempts impossible due its complexity levels!
DNS requests serve as goldmines of data about user preferences & routines online! Protecting against future misuse means taking steps towards greater transparency — starting today! Governments worldwide monitor activities closely nowadays; hence safeguarding digital footprints should become part everyone’s daily routine- ensuring peace-of-mind knowing no-one observes everything we do on the net constantly!.
