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content/wiki/advanced/dns-overview/index.md
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▸ requestList: 1 item
▸ Request
▸ reqCert
serialNumber
serialNumber
```
For the "Response" we can also see the "serial number":
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obnoxious --> | No | ispDNS{Does ISP support<br> encrypted DNS?}
ispDNS --> | Yes | useISP(Use<br> encrypted DNS<br> with ISP)
ispDNS --> | No | nothing(Do nothing)
```
```
Encrypted DNS with a third party should only be used to get around redirects and basic [DNS blocking](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNS_blocking) when you can be sure there won't be any consequences, or you're interested in a provider that does some rudimentary filtering.
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If you have `dig` installed you can test whether your DNS provider gives EDNS information out to DNS nameservers with the following command:
```bash
```bash
dig +nocmd -t txt o-o.myaddr.l.google.com +nocomments +noall +answer +stats
```
```
Note that this command will contact Google for the test, and return your IP as well as EDNS client subnet information. If you want to test another DNS resolver you can specify their IP, to test `9.9.9.11` for example:
```bash
```bash
dig +nocmd @9.9.9.11 -t txt o-o.myaddr.l.google.com +nocomments +noall +answer +stats
```
```
If the results include a second edns0-client-subnet TXT record (like shown below), then your DNS server is passing along EDNS information. The IP or network shown after is the precise information which was shared with Google by your DNS provider.
```text
```text
o-o.myaddr.l.google.com. 60 IN TXT "198.51.100.32"
o-o.myaddr.l.google.com. 60 IN TXT "edns0-client-subnet 198.51.100.0/24"
;; Query time: 64 msec
;; SERVER: 9.9.9.11#53(9.9.9.11)
;; WHEN: Wed Mar 13 10:23:08 CDT 2024
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 130
```
```
content/wiki/advanced/payments/index.md
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When buying gift cards online, there is usually a slight discount. Prepaid cards are usually sold online at face value or with a fee. If you buy prepaid cards and gift cards with cryptocurrencies, you should strongly prefer to pay with Monero which provides strong privacy (more on this below). Paying for a gift card with a traceable payment method negates the benefits a gift card can provide when purchased with cash or Monero.
- [Online Gift Card Marketplaces :material-arrow-right-drop-circle:](../../../tools/services/financial-services/index.md#gift-card-marketplaces)
- [Online Gift Card Marketplaces](../../../tools/services/financial-services/index.md#gift-card-marketplaces)
## Virtual Cards
Another way to protect your information from merchants online is to use virtual, single-use cards which mask your actual banking or billing information. This is primarily useful for protecting you from merchant data breaches, less sophisticated tracking or purchase correlation by marketing agencies, and online data theft. They do **not** assist you in making a purchase completely anonymously, nor do they hide any information from the banking institution themselves. Regular financial institutions which offer virtual cards are subject to "Know Your Customer" (KYC) laws, meaning they may require your ID or other identifying information.
- [Recommended Payment Masking Services :material-arrow-right-drop-circle:](../../../tools/services/financial-services/index.md#payment-masking-services)
- [Recommended Payment Masking Services](../../../tools/services/financial-services/index.md#payment-masking-services)
These tend to be good options for recurring/subscription payments online, while prepaid gift cards are preferred for one-time transactions.
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There are a number of cryptocurrency projects which purport to provide privacy by making transactions anonymous. We recommend using one which provides transaction anonymity **by default** to avoid operational errors.
- [Recommended Cryptocurrency :material-arrow-right-drop-circle:](../../../tools/software/cryptocurrency/index.md#monero)
- [Recommended Cryptocurrency](../../../tools/software/cryptocurrency/index.md#monero)
Privacy coins have been subject to increasing scrutiny by government agencies. In 2020, [the IRS published a $625,000 bounty](https://forbes.com/sites/kellyphillipserb/2020/09/14/irs-will-pay-up-to-625000-if-you-can-crack-monero-other-privacy-coins/?sh=2e9808a085cc) for tools which can trace (at least to some extent) Bitcoin Lightning Network and/or Monero transactions. They ultimately [paid two companies](https://sam.gov/opp/5ab94eae1a8d422e88945b64181c6018/view) (Chainalysis and Integra Fec) a combined $1.25 million to further develop tools to do so. Due to the secrecy surrounding tools like these, <mark>none of these methods of tracing cryptocurrencies have been independently confirmed.</mark> However, it is quite likely that tools which assist targeted investigations into private coin transactions exist, and that privacy coins in their current form only succeed in thwarting mass surveillance.
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[**Tor**](../../../tools/advanced/alternative-networks/index.md#tor) is a free to use, decentralized network designed for using the internet with as much privacy as possible. If used properly, the network enables private and anonymous browsing and communications. Because Tor traffic is difficult to block and trace, Tor is an effective censorship circumvention tool.
[:material-movie-open-play-outline: Video: Why You Need Tor](https://www.privacyguides.org/videos/2025/03/02/why-you-need-tor)
[Video: Why You Need Tor](https://www.privacyguides.org/videos/2025/03/02/why-you-need-tor)
Tor works by routing your internet traffic through volunteer-operated servers instead of making a direct connection to the site you're trying to visit. This obfuscates where the traffic is coming from, and no server in the connection path is able to see the full path of where the traffic is coming from and going to, meaning even the servers you are using to connect cannot break your anonymity.
[:octicons-home-16:](https://torproject.org)
[:simple-torbrowser:](http://2gzyxa5ihm7nsggfxnu52rck2vv4rvmdlkiu3zzui5du4xyclen53wid.onion)
[:octicons-info-16:](https://tb-manual.torproject.org)
[:octicons-code-16:](https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/core/tor)
[:octicons-heart-16:](https://donate.torproject.org)
[Homepage](https://torproject.org)
[Onion Service](http://2gzyxa5ihm7nsggfxnu52rck2vv4rvmdlkiu3zzui5du4xyclen53wid.onion)
[Documentation](https://tb-manual.torproject.org)
[Source Code](https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/core/tor)
[Contribute](https://donate.torproject.org)
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## Safely Connecting to Tor
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If you wish to use Tor for browsing the web, we only recommend the **official** Tor Browser—it is designed to prevent fingerprinting.
- [Tor Browser :material-arrow-right-drop-circle:](../../../tools/software/tor/index.md#tor-browser)
- [Tor Browser](../../../tools/software/tor/index.md#tor-browser)
### Protections provided by bridges