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by Spittie 4396 days ago
Your ISP can already easily track what you browse/requests, it's not like the DNS logs give them more information (and unless you use DNSCrypt or similar, they can just see the DNS traffic anyway).

On the contrary, by using a different DNS server you're giving your data both to your ISP (you have to) and a 3rd party.
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melville_X 4396 days ago
That's why VPNs exist. A VPN without an external DNS service is pretty pointless if you're concerned about ISP snooping.
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Spittie 4395 days ago
Well, then if all the DNS traffic is proxyed through a VPN your ISP can't know who made that query, making it pretty much useless.

And if you're worrying about DNS leaks, your ISP is still able to read that traffic even when using a different DNS provider (assuming no DNSCrypt or similar).

3rd party DNS servers can be useful, I just don't see any additional value to your privacy when not coupled with DNSCrypt/DNSCurve.

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