2011/7/5 夜神 岩男 <supergiantpotato@xxxxxxxxxxx>: > On Tue, 2011-07-05 at 06:34 -0400, John Aldrich wrote: >> On Tue July 5 2011, Tim wrote: >> > On Mon, 2011-07-04 at 12:52 -0400, John Aldrich wrote: >> > > might I suggest trying Google Public DNS servers? 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.8.4 >> > > are the IP addresses. My ISP apparently runs some sort of filtering >> > > and occasionally I have problems with their DNS, so I switched to >> > > Google and that pretty much resolves the issue for me. :D >> > >> > I run my own DNS server, for a similar reason: Every ISP I've tried has >> > a crappy DNS server. Before I did that, I had to put some domain's IP >> > into my hosts file, because their DNS server usually gave no answer. >> > >> yeah... I just can't be bothered to set up BIND. That's what things like >> Google Public DNS is for. :D > > No, the purpose of Google Public DNS is to give Google insight into > every network query you make. Your filterbubble is heavily influenced by > your history record in Google's DNS system if you have dodged the other > ways of tracking. This sort of profiling goes further than syndicate > cookies and trackers ever could -- and is a brilliant, if somewhat > seductively evil, idea; so long as it is being used on someone other > than me. > > http://dontbubble.us/ > > Avoiding Google entirely has brought a great deal of standardization and > rationality back to my organization -- that we didn't realize was > beginning to get shaky until just recently. Such an insidious thing, > filtered and tracked search. Do you have any proof that Google's using queries to its Public DNS service to profile anyone (in spite of its FAQ clarifying that it isn't)? -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
