I’ve only just noticed that the Web browser Opera version 67.x has enabled the security feature DNS-over-HTTPS. It’s found down at the bottom of: Settings | Advanced | Security, under ‘System’.

It’s not enabled by default, as it now is in the Firefox browser (for U.S. users only, last time I heard). In Opera you can use Google DNS or Cloudflare, or plug in one of your own. I’m in the UK and it seems to work fine with Google DNS, and doesn’t appear to be limited to U.S. users.

It doesn’t however enable you to visit those annoying U.S. local and regional newspapers that shut out all non-U.S. traffic, and to get past such blocks you’ll still need to turn on a reliable free VPN and pretend to be in the USA. Luckily, Opera has one of those built in, too.