In countries like India, Firefox hasn’t enabled the ‘DNS over HTTPS’ feature by default. So you need to enable it manually. Usually, it won’t affect your browsing on your personal computer, but it could be slower than traditional DNS queries. But it guarantees that your ISP cannot collect and sell information related to your search.
Steps to Enable DNS over HTTPS on Firefox
So, this is how to enable DNS over HTTPS on the Firefox browser. Keep in mind that, though your ISP or other cannot collect your search queries, DNS provider (example, Cloudflare) can see your search queries. But Mozilla has a strong Trusted Recursive Resolver (TRR) policy in place to restricts Cloudflare or any other DNS over HTTPS partner from collecting personal identifying information. Regarding smartphones, devices run on Android 9 and above have the DNS over TLS feature. If you enable it, your search queries send over an encrypted connection, so your ISP or others cannot see what website you’re accessing. Here’s how to enable DNS over TLS on Android.
