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Hugo Romano

The 1.1.1.1 App - Faster, more private internet by Cloudflare, now on mobile

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1.1.1.1, the privacy-first DNS resolver is now available on the go. No one should be able to snoop on what you do on the Internet. We've created 1.1.1.1 so that you can connect to the Internet securely anytime, anywhere.

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Aaron O'Leary
Product Hunt
28% faster is pretty huge, how did you manage to reach that number?
Jordi Mon Companys
@aaronoleary @jakewesorick Wouldn't this make Google's 8.8.8.8 faster?
Jordi Mon Companys
@aaronoleary @jakewesorick Is there any public data available to support that? (Not questioning the statement)
Zack Bloom
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@aaronoleary You can check out one set of tests here: https://www.dnsperf.com/#!dns-re... Looks to be more than 28% to me at the moment. This obviously only helps you with the DNS resolution portion of a request.
Jordi Mon Companys
@aaronoleary @zackbloom That´s it, what about handshake, HTTP rendering...?
Andrew Spear
@aaronoleary For what it's worth I've been using this for a few days and have seen on average a 20% DECREASE in speed when it's on. Marketing messages rarely represent the true experience, but its free so give it a shot, just make sure you do your own tests to know if it's helping or harming yourself.
Ben Debayle
Is there any reason/situation where you WOULDN'T want to use it? Any downside?
Allie Law
@bendebayle I used it when it was first released and the stability wasn't great. Having said that I've heard it's got better.
Andrew DiLosa
@bendebayle If you're on a network with custom DNS settings, say a home network with a PiHole or a work network with internal DNS, then overriding your phone directly to 1.1.1.1 may make some content/features inaccessible.
Stellarstep
Laserhouse
Already using 👍
A_Sky
Hi, this looks very appealing but are we becoming the “product” as user in the end? We hear many times that when it’s free there’s a catch behind.... also what difference is there with other VPN provider? This is said I may install it right away to try it :)
Zack Bloom
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@a_sky 1.1.1.1 will always be free. Cloudflare is supported by website owners who are looking for better performance and security, 1.1.1.1 is a service to the community and a way to make the sites which use our authoritative DNS just a tiny bit faster than they would otherwise be. (That doesn't mean we intentionally prioritize them, it's just a side effect of our authoritative resolvers running on the same machines).
Berry Cochran
Does the app do anything that manually configuring my DNS to 1.1.1.1 and 1.0.0.1 doesn’t do? I’ve been using Cloudflare DNS since it became available, switched over from GoogleDNS and its been better. I know the app will carry over my iOS DNS settings from network to network but I’m always either on my home/work WiFi or LTE so manually configuring isn’t a pain.
Zack Bloom
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@duffc Yes. It allows you to use DNS-over-HTTPS which encrypts your DNS traffic. It's also the only way to set a custom DNS on cellular networks on iOS.
Ferminrp
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Augusto M. S.
@ferminrp not really. This is an app to config your mobile device easily.
Ferminrp
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@augustoms_ Ok, my bad then 😁
Alok Saboo
How does it affect the battery life?
Babken Karapetyan
Great, if it is really protect my privacy
Ettore Tortora
@babken_karapetyan It doesn't. You should use a real VPN if you care about privacy. This just changes the DNS, allowing you to access blocked websites (not even all of them apparently).
Primer
Songbox
Just installed this. Not 100% sure what it is... is it a vpn basically?
Mohd Irtefa
Jam
Maker
@mickc79 👋🏽The 1.1.1.1 app is not a VPN. A traditional VPN would proxy all of your traffic however, the 1.1.1.1 app only secures your DNS queries and points them to 1.1.1.1 (privacy-first resolver which also happens to be the fastest public resolver in the world).
Maksim Gorodov
Taggy

I downloaded the app and tried to use it's VPN, tried to open some blocked websites but they weren't opened.

Pros:

small app size, understandable UI

Cons:

VPN doesn't really seem working, no way to choose the country

John
I read somewhere that it's actually not a VPN app, it's only doing safer DNS services
ArisC
It's not VPN. It changes your DNS.
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