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 ...

The Domain Name System (DNS) is one of the most important, yet lesser-known aspects of browsing the internet. In a nutshell, it’s responsible for converting a domain name (like google.com) to an IP ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Cloudflare’s 1.1.1.1 service is one of the most popular encrypted DNS providers, and for good reason. Launched with a focus on privacy, it promises never to sell your data or use it to target ads—a ...

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 ...

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 ...