Is bedrockconnect safe?

As most who play Minecraft: Bedrock Edition for Nintendo Switch probably know, there's no official way to join servers past the 'Featured Servers' Mojang supplies you, or use Mojang's Realms service.

So, I made an easy to use and setup solution that allows you to join any dedicated server IP, and gives a server list interface as well. It requires no downloads, just a few changes to your console settings that takes less than a minute to set.

Here's how to setup: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zalT_oR1nPM

To make sure to give credit where it's due, the original DNS redirection method was found on reddit before, on posts such as https://www.reddit.com/r/NintendoSwitch/comments/bxyvcd/guide_to_use_your_own_servers_on_minecraft/ . BedrockConnect simplifies the process and adds a serverlist to the mix.

How does it work? In Minecraft Bedrock Edition, players on any version can join the available 'Featured Servers'. By using a DNS server, we can use the domains that are used to join these servers, and make them direct to the BedrockConnect serverlist server, rather than their actual servers.

The BedrockConnect serverlist server is a specially made Minecraft server that serves the purpose of joining Minecraft servers. Yes, you join Minecraft servers, from a Minecraft server. The server can transfer you to the server you want, and you can store servers as well, just like a regular server list.

What is a DNS server? A DNS server is what devices uses to know what domain names go with what IP address. Your device sends the DNS server a domain name and asks what IP is associated with it, and the DNS server sends an IP back for the device to connect to. Commonly used ones include Google or Cloudflare DNS. Anyone can technically create a DNS server, and have it associate whatever IP they want to a domain. In this case, we make the 'Featured Server' domains direct to our own server.

I don't trust your DNS server... It's understandable why some might not want to use a random DNS server. Keep in mind, that a DNS server does not have any access to the information you send to a server/website. It only knows the domains you are currently trying to use so it can respond back with an IP to connect to, but nothing that has to do with information you send to an actual server. If you still don't feel comfortable using the BedrockConnect DNS server, you can also make your own. Look under 'Using your own DNS server' on the GitHub page to find the zones you need to have set.

Can I join Java Edition Servers? No, this is only able to join Bedrock Editon servers. You can find a list of these servers on websites such as https://minecraftpocket-servers.com/ . (There are projects in the making though that are going to enable you to join Java Edition servers soon, such as DragonProxy and Geyser)

The BedrockConnect serverlist is open source, you can check it and figure out how to run your own here: https://github.com/Pugmatt/BedrockConnect