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

Hugo Romano

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6yr ago

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?

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6yr ago

@aaronoleary @jakewesorick Wouldn't this make Google's 8.8.8.8 faster?

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6yr ago

@aaronoleary @jakewesorick Is there any public data available to support that? (Not questioning the statement)

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6yr ago

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.

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6yr ago

Is there any reason/situation where you WOULDN'T want to use it? Any downside?

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6yr ago

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.

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6yr ago

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.

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6yr ago

Teo

Laserhouse

Already using 👍

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6yr ago

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 :)

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6yr ago

@a_sky > also what difference is there with other VPN provider? It's not a VPN - It just changes your default DNS provider to Cloudflare's DNS provider and makes the DNS queries encrypted so nobody can snoop on the DNS queries. It does however install a VPN profile on iOS, but it's not actually a VPN

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6yr ago

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).

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6yr ago

Alok Saboo

How does it affect the battery life?

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6yr ago

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.

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6yr ago

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.

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6yr ago

Ferminrp

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6yr ago

Babken Karapetyan

Great, if it is really protect my privacy

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6yr ago

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).

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6yr ago

Primer

Songbox

Just installed this. Not 100% sure what it is... is it a vpn basically?

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6yr ago

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).

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6yr ago

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

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6yr ago

TinyPixi

Works perfectly. Doesn't require complex configuration by the user.

Pros:

Beautiful and clean interface. Easy to use. It does all the complex things on your behalf.

Cons:

None

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6yr ago

Andrew Spear

I love the app itself, but enabling the 1.1.1.1 service gave me an average speed decrease of around 20% up and down. I contacted support about this (via their app) but didn't get a reply, if they respond I'll update this review.

It's a free service so there's no harm in trying it out, but make sure you do your own testing to ensure that you are helping not harming your connection.

TLDR; YMMV

Pros:

The app itself is slick and simple and makes setting up the service easy.

Cons:

It may make your internet slower, be sure to test for yourself.

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6yr ago