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.

您不需要隱藏 IP 地址但某些時候您可能會想要隱藏。最常見的原因是隱私權。在美國，<a href="{ $congress }">國會否決了</a>旨在保護寬頻使用者隱私的隱私權規定。網路服務供應商會知道您的上網習慣、用來做什麼、以及在每個頁面停留的時間。此通訊內容並未加密第三方可看到您正造訪的網站。解決這個問題的一個方法是 <a href="{ $doh }">DNS-over-HTTPS</a> (DoH)。此功能會加密您的 DNS 網域流量讓 ISP 更難看到您開啟的網站。美國的 <a href="{ $firefox }">{ -brand-name-firefox } 使用者</a>預設情況下您的 DoH 查詢將會傳送到受信任的 DNS 伺服器讓您更難偵測到哪些網站造訪。