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The good news is, HTTPS is pretty common these days and Cloudflare just launched encrypted DNS (1.1.1.1). Those two things cover a large portion of exposed data.

If you're on Android, this is an excellent app that allows you to set a custom DNS server across all apps and connections, without root: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.jak_linux.dns66/. As a bonus it also lets you blacklist domains, though of course that's not relevant to concerns about your ISP.

Be wary of third-party VPNs, though (bottom section titled "VPNs could put you at risk"): https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/06/aimin...




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