On 03/01/2017 at 18:20, Steve Litt wrote: > On Tue, 3 Jan 2017 11:06:53 +0100 > Jaromil <jaro...@dyne.org> wrote: > >> On Mon, 02 Jan 2017, Jaromil wrote: >> >>> what a pity Debian has switched to Google's DNS by default. >> for the record and the sake of historical correctness: >> >> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=761658 >> >> there is however an issue we need to look at for Devuan: it seems the >> default dns resolver for our distribution is also back to 8.8.8.8, at >> least someone on irc backfired to this thread with this claim. > What's wrong with 8.8.8.8? It's Google's public DNS,
You answered your question yourself. Knowing what someone's PC/network asks to resolve is yet another way for Google to profile someone's/some organization's interests and activities. > and for me, it always works. I've heard the same about systemd, ans Windows and OSX and whatever. > There are two kinds of people: Those who like Google, and > those who hate it. for WHATEVER in systemd Windows OSX do echo And there are two kinds of people: those who like $WHATEVER and those who hate it. done > The first group can take pride in using Google's > public DNS, while the latter group is reassured that using 8.8.8.8 puts > no money in Google's pocket. Wrong. Google profits from knowing what you do on the Internet, and it's public DNS servers are a tool to that end. > Using 8.8.8.8 and its companion 8.8.4.4 has solved all sorts of > problems for me where the local access point's dhcp gave me a busted > dns or no dns at all. So what? There are so many public DNS services, why should one use Google's? https://duckduckgo.com/?q=public+DNS+servers&t=hs&ia=answer&iax=1 Alessandro _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
