Google Chrome has just released its stable version DNS over HTTPS . It is a feature that they announced a while ago and that is present in its new version from today. An improvement that will make browsing safer and better protect our privacy. It comes with the recent launch of the Google Chrome 83 version, the latest of which is the most popular and widely used browser worldwide.
Chrome already has DNS over HTTPS
From Google Chrome they also call this feature as secure DNS. Note that by default DNS searches are not encrypted by default. This means that the sites they visit on the network could be tracked to a user. Even a hacker could manipulate the connection and carry out Phishing attacks.
Thanks to having DNS over HTTPS now those DNS searches that we mentioned are encrypted. This means that they are more secure and private. It is certainly something that users value positively. DNS lookups could no longer be used to monitor a user’s activity on the Internet, and cybercriminals could not manipulate the DNS response.
The company indicated that it had no intention of interfering with existing DNS in the system. This means that it will not change the existing configuration. You decided that you would use DNS over HTTPS if the DNS servers that are configured on the system support it.
We can therefore say that the DNS configuration does not change and also other add-ons such as security protections or malware filtering remain active. Of course, from Chrome they indicate that if they detect problems when searching for DNS they would use unencrypted DNS again.
How to use DNS over HTTPS in Chrome
It should be borne in mind that this novelty may take time to reach certain users, since it will be progressively implemented depending on the type of device. However, manually we can already configure it and not have to wait for it to be available automatically. You just have to follow a series of simple steps that we explain.
The first thing is to load chrome: // flags / # dns-over-https in the address bar of the browser. We have to check the Enabled option. Later we accept and restart the browser for the changes to take effect.
It is important to know that we may need to change DNS . We have mentioned that we need to use servers that are compatible with secure DNS. We leave you a list with some free DNS servers over HTTPS . A selection with some interesting options that we can use on our devices.
In short, Google Chrome is a bit more secure today. What is the most widely used browser worldwide today has implemented a new feature that many users have been waiting for a long time. Hopefully many other browsers will end up including this type of protection as well to make searching and browsing generally safer and data safe from potential problems.