I just found this article https://www.comparitech.com/blog/vpn...wsing-history/

I don't have the money to buy a VPN subscription but I have enabled DNS over HTTPS on Firefox.

Q1) Can my ISP still track my browsing habits if DNS over HTTPS is enabled ?

Edit : Are there any tests available online that will confirm my privacy status ?

Yes, just because you're using a different DNS method you'll still be requesting the traffic over their network so they'll know the IP of the servers you're accessing.

So if I want to keep my browsing habits private is VPN the only option ?

Pretty much, although your VPN provider will also know what sites you're visiting.

Thanks.

Torbrowser might be another option. As I understand it routes traffic to a virtual P2P network which then fetches and sends. So, your ISP should be able to see you connecting to others that relay the information, not what exactly you connect too or are doing.

An aside: I doubt that your ISP cares what you connect to with your browser. Sure they could see it, but I’d bet they don’t even look at or log what you’re doing..

Never let the reality get in the way of a tinfoil hat!

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Your ISP might not care, but if they are located in the USA, they can legally be made to pass that information on request to the Department of Homeland Security.

The problem is obviously not the ISP's, it's the legal code in the US which seems to allow unwarranted surveillance. I'm pretty sure that's unconstitutional, and way more important for people to pay attention to and protest against. You should only really be subject to surveillance is there is a reasonable ground for it or reasonable suspicion of a crime, and only when a court issues a warrant.

ISP's are just companies trying to make money. The only possible reason they could have to keep an eye on your activities and use these, would be to profile you for marketing and such, which should obviously be illegal unless you opt in, and probably is illegal currently (not sure). I'm ok with ISP's loggin but not looking at information for x amount of time, to make law enforcement work easier, if a crime has been committed and such logs etc can be looked up and used as evidence.

A semi-decent solution, albeit a slow one, is to grab a VPN in another country then use Tor over that VPN. The Tor traffic gets hidden from your ISP. Nothing is perfect in terms of hiding your activities from your ISP.

https://restoreprivacy.com/anonymity-networks/

Sorry, but that's a little naive.
Never heard of Big Data? Don't you know what hundreds of IT companies make their money with?
And I'm pretty sure ISP's are in for a little bit of that big data money as well, seeing as they're right at the source; they don't even have to rely on web browsers or equip websites with googleanalytics requests or anything.

Point taken.
And hazel, yes Homeland Security could get that info (We the People need to repeal the Patriot Act, IMO) if the ISP is logging...i
But I think the tinfoil hat is probably the “solution”

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You can use ProtonVPN for free, but you get access to only 3 servers, which are always congested, so the service is rather slow.

For five bucks per month, you can access all their servers worldwide on 2 different computers. More options, less congestion.

I use RiseUp VPN, but RiseUp isn't for everyone.