Does tor hide traffic from DNS servers? [duplicate]

So the answer is - it hides your requests from your ISP DNS servers, but if you use open dns - there's a possibility that you will use the same open one as the exit node.

1. Does Tor hide DNS requests?
2. Does Tor use encrypted DNS?
3. Do onion sites use DNS?
4. Do DNS servers track you?

Does Tor hide DNS requests?

Resolving DNS queries through the Tor network guarantees a significantly higher level of anonymity than making the requests directly. Not only does doing so prevent the resolver from ever seeing your IP address, but it also prevents your ISP from knowing that you attempted to resolve a domain name.

Does Tor use encrypted DNS?

The interception of requests to DNS provider — the easiest and most common way deanonymization. Tor can successfully encrypt your traffic, but not the request to the DNS server. That is, the data exchange takes place in an unprotected form, which means the interested person can intercept it.

Do onion sites use DNS?

onion Addresses, and How Do They Work? The ". onion" addresses are URLs for websites that reside on the dark web. Since the Tor network doesn't have a DNS, as we previously mentioned, there is no lookup for the IP addresses corresponding to domain names.

Do DNS servers track you?

Unless you're using a VPN (Virtual Private Network), your ISP's DNS servers see every domain you request. You really can't get away from that—if you want something from the internet, you can't avoid telling someone just what you want. Your ISP knows where you go on the web, and probably doesn't care.