You may have noticed a setting on Android called Private DNS. It's on by default, and you're best off leaving it that way.

You might be wondering: DNS servers — why do they even matter? Or, what is a DNS server anyway? Both of these are important question, but in addressing both, a DNS is your access or gateway to the ...

Kaspersky has fixed a bug in their Kaspersky VPN app for Android that leaked the computer's configured DNS server while using a VPN connection. For a VPN to completely anonymize a user while they are ...

Cloudflare launched its 1.1.1.1 ‘privacy-first’ consumer DNS back in April, in partnership with APNIC. It maintains the claim that this service is the “fastest public DNS resolver in the world”. Now ...

The Internet Domain Name System translates an alphabetical website address into the numeric Internet Protocol address associated with that site. When, for example, you type "www.examplesite.com" into ...

Apple has gotten into hot water because of its stance on privacy and encryption and while Google is, on paper, on the same boat, Android hasn't exactly been widely regarded as a very privacy-focused ...

Months after announcing its privacy-focused DNS service, Cloudflare is bringing 1.1.1.1 to mobile users. Granted, nothing ever stopped anyone from using 1.1.1.1 on their phones or tablets already. But ...

Brace yourselves, folks: looks like Netflix are getting tough on circumvention of geoblocking. Reports have surfaced on Reddit that the latest versions of the Netflix Android app have been hard-coded ...

Corbin is a tech journalist and developer who worked at Android Police from 2016 until 2021. Check out his other work at corbin.io. A Domain Name System, or DNS for short, is the component of your ...