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Photo: Charlie SorrelCult of Mac Your entire DNS browsing history can be recorded by your ISP, and will soon be sold to anyone who wants it.

DNS is what sends you to the correct site when you browse the internet, but it is also non-encrypted, and reveals your entire browsing history.

Your browsers private mode does nothing, and the little green lock icon that denotes a secure connection doesnt help either.

So, in order to fix both of these problems, you need to change your DNS provider to one that is both private, and fast.

Thats Cloudflares new 1.1.1.1 service.

What is DNS When you type something like Cult of Mac into your browser, a computer somewhere (usually your internet provider) looks up the actual IP address of that site.

The common analogy is that of a phone book, which would be good if anyone under 30 knew what a phone book was.

This all happens before you connect to the actual website you requested.

DNS lookup happens every time you click a link to site, not just when you type a URL into your browser.

Often your ISP treats your DNS like it treats the router it provides you as a cheap afterthought.

Its spoofable. A dodgy DNS service can redirect you to spoof sites.

A country can take control of DNS and use it to block certain sites.

Cloudflare DNS 1.1.1.1 Cloudflare is a content-delivery and DNS company, and it now offers a privacy-focussed DNS service.

You should definitely check it out to see if you trust it with your data, but to be honest it cant really be much worse than your ISP, can it Cloudflares new 1.1.1.1 DNS service is a drop-in replacement for your current DNS provider (your ISP, almost certainly), and it offers the following advantages: Privacy.

Cloudflare promises not to log your IP address, and retains an external auditor to prove it.

Speed. The 1.1.1.1 service seems to be quite a bit faster than even Googles DNS service.

Even if you dont care for the privacy angle, then you surely want faster internet, instantly, and for free, right How to use a new DNS server on Mac To tell your Mac to use a different DNS server, you just have to give it the address.

In this case, the address is 1.1.1.1.

Go to System Preferences, and click on the Network panel.

Then click on Wi-Fi (if thats how you usually get on the internet), and click Advanced.

Photo: Cult of Mac In the Advanced section, you should click on the DNS tab.

Just click on the button, and type in 1.1.1.1.

Then clock the button again, and type in the backup server address, 1.0.0.1.

Just click OK, then Apply back on the main Network Settings page, and youre done.

From now on, all your internet activity will be routed through Cloudflares DNS servers.

How to use a new DNS server on iPad or iPhone The iPad settings are even easier than the Mac.

Photo: Cult of Mac The principle on the iPhone and iPad is the same.

Go to Settings Wi-Fi, and tap on the next to the name of your home Wi-Fi network.

Then, ion the resulting screen, tap the Add Server button, and type in your numbers: 1.1.1.1, and 1.0.0.1.

Remember to tap Save, and youre done.

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