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Re:Quad9 public DNS moves to Switzerland by tumblewit on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @09:21AM (#26166536)
My next update will get Adguard, Cleanbrowsing with all types of filters that they offer and both DoT and DoH (assuming apple is okay with it). It's not too bad when it comes to latency but they don't have servers here so anything that is outside the country won't be fun to use. But if anyone is using them in the country they have servers in it would be great to know how they work. Using root servers with pihole is usually best of both worlds when it comes to latency and privacy.

Edit: I made the app because I wanted a simple 30 second solution for anyone to improve their privacy without any VPN profiles and using a fast DNS. I tried a few free apps on the App Store but they didn't work well or were not updated in months. So I decided Ill make one.

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Re:Quad9 public DNS moves to Switzerland by nitrohorse on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @10:59AM (#26167844)
Nice app! I created configuration profiles for convenience at https://encrypted-dns.party but an app with providers pre-configured is way more convenient. Some smaller providers that come to mind for ad-blocking: Adhole, AhaDNS, BlahDNS, LibreDNS, and Usable Privacy DNS.
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Re:Quad9 public DNS moves to Switzerland by tumblewit on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @11:21AM (#26168116)
Thank you. I have put these in a list I'm creating to add to the app. I only recently learned to make iOS apps and SwiftUI is rather still new. Rather I wanted to learn how make apps so I thought might as well make something people can use. I plan on making it much better UI wise along with region-specific DNS lists or some method of sorting them.
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