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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Firefox has DoT enabled by default, maybe Chrome does the same. That would cover the use-case of most people on public wifi.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Wait, it's set in the browser? I've always thought you set that at the OS level.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Both, the browsers (and any other application) can choose to ignore your DNS settings and use whatever other mechanisms they like.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Cool, didn't know that. I'll try and find the setting in the browser.