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Privacy: VPN and DNS

I'm using a VPN for privacy purposes. If I ensure that the DNS requests are sent through the VPN I can select whatever DNS Server I like? Is there any advantage to using the DNS Server provided by the ...
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Chrome ignoring Window network DNS settings

I had found the answer at Why is Chromium bypassing /etc/hosts and dnsmasq? but it's outdated and instructions on its answers aren't working anymore. I have a local BIND DNS server, where I have lots ...
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Trustworthiness of OpenNIC DNS servers

Although Google's 8.8.8.8 DNS server is a popular alternative DNS server to the ones provided by your ISP, the privacy implications are too bothersome for me. While looking into privacy respecting ...
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I'm using an external DNS, can my ISP detect that?

I tend to use Google's public DNS, I don't like my ISP DNS because it takes too much time to refresh. Today I have got a page from them saying that you should change the DNS to their DNS because they ...
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