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Cloudflare rolls out its 1.1.1.1 privacy service to iOS, Android
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 now the app, now available for iPhones, iPads and Android devices, aims to make it easier for anyone to use its free consumer DNS service.
The app is a one-button push to switch on and off again. That's it.
Cloudflare rolled out 1.1.1.1 earlier this year on April Fools' Day, no less, but privacy is no joke to the San Francisco-based networking giant. In using the service, you let Cloudflare handle all of your DNS information, like when an app on your phone tries to connect to the internet, or you type in the web address of any site. By funneling that DNS data through 1.1.1.1, it can make it more difficult for your internet provider to know which sites you're visiting, and also ensure that you can get to the site you want without having your connection censored or hijacked.
Apple and Google Play.
Also at Android Police and Fast Company.
Previously: Cloudflare Launches 1.1.1.1 Consumer DNS Service
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(Score: 3, Informative) by legont on Monday November 12 2018, @05:57PM (1 child)
I can share my own experience... NordVPN servers sometimes go stale probably because they don't have balance loader. On Linux a little script solves it, but I have to reconnect manually about twice per week on android. Other than that - assuming one knows what DNS is - works very well. I do use servers all over including Russia.
My biggest issue is that many mainstream services either discourage the use of NordVPN by slowing down or silently refuse to work claiming downtime and/or various errors. Among them are Citi, Chase, Amazon, Craiglist ... Life of suppressed peoples is probably getting harder because of it.
"Wealth is the relentless enemy of understanding" - John Kenneth Galbraith.
(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Monday November 12 2018, @09:57PM
It seems that VPN has a problem if anybody knows you're using it, same for Tor. They have to be more transparent to the system, blend in better with the noise.
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..