Setting up Cloudflare’s DNS on your device
macOS
Pull up System Preferences > Network
Click on your Ethernet or wi-fi connection and select Advanced
Click DNS, and clear out (minus sign) all the entries in the DNS Servers section
Click the plus sign and add 1.1.1.1 and 1.0.0.1 for IPv4, or 2606:4700:4700::1111 and 2606:4700:4700::1001 for IPv6
Click on OK, and then click on Apply. Close the Network window and restart your browser
iOS
Tap on the Settings app > Wi-Fi > Tap on the “i” next to your wireless connection > Configure DNS, and then select Manual
Delete any existing DNS entries
Add two new entries: 1.1.1.1 and 1.0.0.1
Tap Save.
Windows
Pull up your Control Panel > Network and Sharing Center (or Network and Internet) > Change Adapter Settings (or View network status and tasks > Change Adapter Settings).
Right-click on your Ethernet or wi-fi connection and select Properties
Select Internet Protocol Version 4 (or 6) and click Properties
Click “Use The Following DNS Server Addresses”
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For IPv4 (most people), use the addresses 1.1.1.1 and 1.0.0.1
For IPv6, use the addresses 2606:4700:4700::1111 and 2606:4700:4700::1001
Click OK, close the network settings window, and restart your browser
Android
You’ll have to use a static IP address to enable a custom DNS on Android, which is going to get complicated. Cloudflare recommends you configure your wireless router to use its DNS instead.
Pull up your router’s settings. (How you do that varies by what type of router you have; consult your router’s manual if you’re not sure how to do it.)
Replace any of its DNS settings with Cloudflare’s: 1.1.1.1 and 1.0.0.1 for IPv4 or 2606:4700:4700::1111 and 2606:4700:4700::1001 for IPv6.
Save your settings and restart your router
chromebook
settings wifi network
custom name servers
2606:4700:4700::1111
2606:4700:4700::1001
2606:4700:4700::1111
2606:4700:4700::1001
Since this is Greek to me. Why do this?
Unfortunately, by default, DNS is usually slow and insecure. Your ISP, and anyone else listening in on the Internet, can see every site you visit and every app you use — even if their content is encrypted
Creepily, some DNS providers sell data about your Internet activity or use it target you with ads
@MountainMan cloudflare statement
“We will never log your IP address (the way other companies identify you). And we’re not just saying that. We’ve retained KPMG to audit our systems annually to ensure that we’re doing what we say"
Frankly, we don’t want to know what you do on the Internet—it’s none of our business—and we’ve taken the technical steps to ensure we can’t.”
you can use the 1.1.1.1 apps on mobile with built in VPN
@ecksmc @MountainMan - additionally, (in the US at least) many ISPs use their own DNS to do an ad-hoc typo squatting, giving you ads when you typo a url rather than the error code.