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Google isn't misrepresenting what a DNS service does. Zuck is kind of a slimy weasel.
by smokeyj 9y ago
Google isn't misrepresenting what a DNS service does. Zuck is kind of a slimy weasel.
- gaius 9y agoI don't think most users fully appreciate that it exists purely to log your activity on sites that Google doesn't directly track through ads
- bllguo 9y agoThat's a big distinction though. I don't think Google has the obligation to make sure users are educated and informed. The deceptive practice of Facebook with Onavo is what people object to.
- TheSpiceIsLife 9y agoI'm just a welder, but... DNS can't log your activity on a website, can it? All DNS does is resolve hosts, right? DNS service can log that you resolved a host, but doesn't know what you did with the IP address it returned.
- gaius 9y agoIt can log that you went somewhere that Google could not otherwise track you. And not just websites; mail, SSH, anything else. I'll wager a fair few people's attempts to avoid tracking for certain activities, clearing cookies, private mode, whatever, has been thwarted because they forgot they'd set this up.
- TheSpiceIsLife 9y agoI just want to clear here: a DNS server can't track that you visited a site, only that you request a specific record for a host name. Is that technically correct? It stands to reason the average internet user probably then made a visited that IP.
- gaius 9y agoYes, that is correct. Google use every means possible to track you wherever you go. If that can't get your exact activity, they at least get something.
- ballenf 9y agoTrue this. I think it was on Ars Technica that I was downvoted to oblivion for raising the privacy implications of Google's DNS service. There is a huge segment of the semi-tech literate crowd that feel wise for using it. I think it's because it's the only time they get to type in an IP address and it makes them feel l33t.