You don’t need to hide your IP address, but there are some times where you may want to. The most common reason is privacy. In the U.S., <a href="{ $congress }">Congress overruled</a> privacy regulations designed to protect the privacy of broadband users. Internet service providers can see your browsing habits, what you are using the internet for, and how long you spend on each page. This communication is not encrypted, so third-parties can see what website you’re visiting. One way to combat this is <a href="{ $doh }">DNS-over-HTTPS</a> (DoH). This encrypts your DNS (Domain Name System) traffic, making it harder for ISPs to see the websites you are trying to visit. For US <a href="{ $firefox }">{ -brand-name-firefox } users</a>, by default your DoH queries are directed to trusted DNS servers, making it harder to associate you with the websites you try to visit.

Jo hoege jo IP-adres net te ferbergjen, mar der binne mominten wêrop jo dit miskien wolle. De meast foarkommende reden is privacy. Yn de F.S. hat it <a href="{ $congress }">Kongres</a> de privacyregeljouwing ta beskerming fan de privacy fan breedbânbrûkers negearre. Ynternetserviceproviders kinne sjen wat jo sneupgedrach is, wêrfoar jo ynternet brûke en hoe lang jo op elke side trochbringe. Dizze kommunikaasje is net fersifere, sadat tredden sjen kinne hokker website jo besykje. In manier om dit te bestriden is <a href="{ $doh }">DNS-oer-HTTPS</a> (DoH). Dit fersiferet DNS-ferkear (Domain Name System), wêrtroch it swierder wurdt foar ISP’s om de websites te sjen dy’t jo probearje te besykjen. Foar Amerikaanske <a href="{ $firefox }">{ -brand-name-firefox }-brûkers</a> wurde jo DoH-sykopdrachten standert trochstjoerd nei fertroude DNS-servers, wêrtroch it swierder wurdt om jo te assosjearjen mei de websites dy’t jo probearje te besykjen.