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Question.
From what I understand the DNS it's a node from which you PC accesses the internet, right? And your internet provide has a default one that itbhad access to.
How do you know what DNS is ok and what should you look in for a secure DNS?
A DNS is a Domain Name Server.
It is what translates lemm.ee into an IP address.
Perhaps you are thinking of VPN, or virtual private network?
No, I just don't understand how a DNS can be secure or not secure
DNS gives your PC all the info on how to contact Domain Names like reddit.com or phtn.app. Your PC does that a lot and all the time. This connection is normally not verified or checked or encrypted. If you didn't touch your DNS configuration you probably use your provider's DNS server. So they know which services you use, which OS, where and when you go to which pages, and because there is no encryption anyone else may know or even change that, too. Instead of sending you directly to reddit.com a malicious entity might want to send you to another server first to do bad stuff. This is what makes it not secure.