A recursive DNS server on your laptop does next to nothing for privacy. It's still sending out the requests in plaintext to the root and authoritative nameserv

A recursive DNS server on your laptop does next to nothing for privacy. It's still sending out the requests in plaintext to the root and authoritative nameservers. The only time it might help you is if the name is cached and it doesn't have to go to the wire to resolve it. Your best bet is to set up your own DNScrypt service instance on your own public server running on a network that you trust.