Unbound & Recursive DNS
No middleman. No upstream resolver logging your queries. Just your device and the authoritative server.
How Normal DNS Works
Your device asks your ISP resolver, the ISP asks a root server, the root server points to the TLD, the TLD points to the authoritative server. Your ISP sees every step. Even if you use a private resolver like Cloudflare, Cloudflare still logs your queries.
How Unbound Works
Harbor Privacy runs Unbound - a recursive resolver that goes directly to the authoritative nameservers for each domain. When you look up google.com, the query goes to Google's own nameservers directly - not through Cloudflare or your ISP first.
Your device asks Harbor Privacy, Harbor Privacy asks the root server directly, gets the answer, done. No ISP in the loop. No third-party resolver logging your queries.
Why This Matters
DNS over HTTPS encrypts the query so your ISP cannot read it in transit. Unbound goes a step further - it eliminates the upstream resolver entirely. Combined, nobody in the middle can see what you are looking up.
No ISP logging. No Cloudflare logging. No Google logging. Just your device, Harbor Privacy, and the authoritative server for whatever domain you are visiting.
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