Want your internet browsing to be faster and more private? Use 1.1.1.1 as your Domain Name Server (DNS).
What’s DNS and why change it?
Devices on the internet have numeric Internet Protocol (IP) addresses such as 1.1.1.1. Of course, remembering numeric web addresses would be difficult, so we use more people-friendly, word-based domain names instead. When you enter addresses such as Apple.com and WordPress.com into your web bowser, your designated DNS resolves these domain names into corresponding IP addresses, sort of like an internet directory.
Most people let their Internet Service Provider (ISP)–Comcast, Charter, AT&T, Verizon, etc.–set DNS addresses automatically on their computers, phones and tablets. Your ISP is happy to do this for you, because routing you through their own DNS allows them to track where you go on the internet and sell that information to advertisers…part of the digital surveillance economy, similar to Facebook and Google. Since your ISP wants to watch you and often faces little or no competition in US markets, the speed and security of your web browsing typically are not their highest priorities. Fortunately, it is easy to increase your speed and privacy simply by changing your DNS.
What to do?
Cloudflare’s 1.1.1.1 is a public DNS that makes queries faster and more secure than your ISP’s default DNS, resulting in faster, more private web browsing. Cloudflare provides more details at What is 1.1.1.1?. For instructions, go to 1.1.1.1 and click the Install button (it doesn’t actually install anything) or scroll down the page to find simple text and video instructions for your particular operating system (iOS, Android, MacOS, Windows). If you already know where and how to change your DNS settings, just copy and paste the following highlighted IP addresses (not the parenthetical text) into your DNS address list, replacing the default address(es):
1.1.1.1(IPv4 primary)1.0.0.1(IPv4 secondary)2606:4700:4700::1111(IPv6 primary)2606:4700:4700::1001(IPv6 secondary)
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