As a note of general interest, I am the maintainer of this ad-blocking DNS list: https://github.com/VernonStow/ad-block-dns (Some obvious omissions are intentional: e.g., Cloudflare, as well as services that I found blocked too much content or broke websites.)
An update: so far, the ad & malware blocking DOT from WeDNS is working fine on my Android 9 device. (I hope I didn't jinx it, lol.) https://wevpn.com/wedns
I'm using my ISP DNS servers. They are fastest for me and while they do state that they block known malicious and phishing websites, I'm not sure how well they would compare with Quad9, CleanBrowsing, et al. In any case, I don't feel less secure. Most of the time I'm using my VPN these days anyway.
Got to know about weDNS from the your post. from their site "WeDNS hides your internet browsing from ISPs, advertisers, government entities by encrypting your DNS traffic. WeDNS also allows you to block ads and trackers from advertisers for a seamless browsing experience." How does the DNS hides the internet browsing from ISPs?
My uneducated guess, it doesn't. It might hide DNS queries but your ISP will still know which sites you visit, unless you're behind a VPN.
As @Krusty notes, it prevents your ISP from logging (and perhaps selling) your DNS queries, and it circumvents some rudimentary forms of censorship, but it won't actually hide browsing activity from the ISP unless you also use their VPN service. On Android, DoT is useful to block some ads and trackers device-wide without rooting or installing any "firewall" apps.
As I understand it, they retain extensive logs for at least 24 hours and they keep "anonymized" data indefinitely. I also have concerns about their actions as a web hosting provider, but that involves political matters that are beyond the scope of Wilder's forum.
Beware that some DNS prevent system updates in smartphones. With ControlD I had this problem in my Android smartphone.
Interesting. I had not thought of that but it may be why I would occasionally get a "you're not connected to the internet" when I was using an ad blocking DNS.
I don't use it and never have. I just read about it and posted it here. I use https://doh.cleanbrowsing.org/doh/security-filter/
Quad9 DNS Next DNS (DOH) free - Only in browsers. I made this decision after my testing with trackers in Firefox/Edge. My tests with the AG-MV3 extension also reinforced this decision.
II wrote the reason in my previous post. If you want to know more about why I decided this way in my pc,you have to read the threads I referred to. I cannot repeat the same things over and over again that I have written elsewhere.
I'm using YogaDNS proxy. It allows a lrge number of dns servers to be used, in a pool, either choosing the best server in the pool, or load balancing by choosing a random one, It automatially configures your windows settings to use itself for all dns requests, can load a list of local servers from the web, an check them to ensure they all work. See attached green names mean they passed, if not they list in red and you can delete them. normal dns, DOH, dnscrypt, all work, see the list i have below. I've disables DOH in firefox, it's quicker to let YogaDNS handle it. You can of course delet all the non-dnssec servers or all the non-doh ones if that what you prefer. They have a built in connection to 'next'. the pro version runs as a service on startup rather than as an app after login. so far, work perfectly in my win 11 v. 22000.978
