Re: Are iPhones subject to ransomware attacks?

On 16 Mar 2024 01:50:22 GMT, Jolly Roger wrote:

The FBI and other
governmental organizations recommend that everyone use an ad blocker for
that reason:

In addition to Jolly Roger's helpful advice, the iPhone pioneered the use
of easy setup of encrypted DNS (also called Private DNS), many of which do
ad blocking on the side.

https://www.macobserver.com/tips/deep-dive/5-private-dns-services/

 Firefox/Chrome name = Google (encrypted, not ad blocking)
 dns.google 8.8.4.4
 dns.google 8.8.8.8
 dns.google 2001:4860:4860::8888
 dns.google 2001:4860:4860::8844

 Firefox/Chrome name = Cloudflare
 one.one.one.one 1.1.1.1
 one.one.one.one 1.0.0.1
 one.one.one.one 2606:4700:4700::1111
 one.one.one.one 2606:4700:4700::1001

 Firefox/Chrome name = Cloudflare
 https://developers.cloudflare.com/1.1.1.
 1dot1dot1dot1.cloudflare-dns.com 1.0.0.1
 1dot1dot1dot1.cloudflare-dns.com 1.1.1.1
 1dot1dot1dot1.cloudflare-dns.com 2606:4700:4700::1111
 1dot1dot1dot1.cloudflare-dns.com 2606:4700:4700::1001

 Firefox/Chrome name = Mullvad (encrypted + ad blocking)
 https://mullvad.net/en/help/dns-over-https-and-dns-over-tls
 adblock.dns.mullvad.net 194.242.2.3
 adblock.dns.mullvad.net 2a07:e340::3
 dns.mullvad.net 194.242.2.2
 dns.mullvad.net 2a07:e340::2

 Firefox/Chrome name = Adguard (encrypted + ad blocking)
 https://adguard-dns.io/en/welcome.html
 dns.adguard.com 94.140.14.14
 dns.adguard.com 94.140.15.15
 dns.adguard.com 2a10:50c0::ad1:ff
 dns.adguard.com 2a10:50c0::ad2:ff

 Firefox/Chrome name = Quad9
 https://quad9.net/
 dns.quad9.net 149.112.112.112
 dns.quad9.net 9.9.9.9
 dns.quad9.net 2620:fe::fe
 dns.quad9.net 2620:fe::9

 Firefox/Chrome name = Controld (encrypted + ad blocking)
 https://controld.com/free-dns
 p2.freedns.controld.com 76.76.2.11
 p2.freedns.controld.com 2606:1a40::11

 Firefox/Chrome name = Cleanbrowsing  (encrypted + ad blocking)
 https://cleanbrowsing.org
 dns.cleanbrowsing.org 185.228.168.168
 dns.cleanbrowsing.org 185.228.168.10
 family-filter-dns.cleanbrowsing.org 185.228.168.168
 adult-filter-dns.cleanbrowsing.org 185.228.168.10
 security-filter-dns.cleanbrowsing.org 185.228.168.9