Your Internet Service Provider (ISP) is the first hop between you and the internet. Each time you connect, you pass information to your ISP, including domain names, IP addresses, connection timestamps ...
If you’re not familiar with how DNS works, I recommend reading Marco Chiappetta’s article about how to speed up your DNS. If it still sounds complex, there’s a comic series that explains how DNS works ...
Most people ignore DNS, but it can slow everything down.
The death of network neutrality and the loosening of regulations on how Internet providers handle customers’ network traffic have raised many concerns over privacy. Internet providers (and others ...
Since 2010, Juliana has been a professional writer in the technology and small business worlds. She has both journalism and copywriting experience and is exceptional at distilling complex concepts ...