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authorDaniel Micay <danielmicay@gmail.com>2020-03-02 05:09:22 -0500
committerDaniel Micay <danielmicay@gmail.com>2020-03-02 05:14:32 -0500
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bundled apps make by default?</a></li>
<li><a href="#cellular-tracking">What does GrapheneOS do about cellular
tracking and silent SMS?</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#default-dns">Which DNS servers are used by default?</a></li>
<li><a href="#custom-dns">How do I use a custom DNS server?</a></li>
<li><a href="#private-dns-ip">Why does Private DNS not accept IP
addresses?</a></li>
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sending texts or other data is not required or particularly useful to track devices
connected to a network for an adversary with the appropriate access.</p>
+ <h3 id="default-dns">
+ <a href="#default-dns">Which DNS servers are used by default?</a>
+ </h3>
+
+ <p>By default, the OS uses the network-provided DNS servers, whether those come from
+ DHCP or static network configuration. If no DNS servers are provided, GrapheneOS uses
+ <a href="https://developers.cloudflare.com/1.1.1.1/what-is-1.1.1.1/">Cloudflare DNS</a>
+ as the fallback rather than Google Public DNS. In practice, the fallback is rarely
+ used and has little real world impact.</p>
+
<h3 id="custom-dns">
<a href="#custom-dns">How do I use a custom DNS server?</a>
</h3>