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I rather use a DNS cloud that promises to wipe logs every 24 hours than a DNS server of an ISP who is guaranteed to spy on me.
by mhkool 8y ago
I rather use a DNS cloud that promises to wipe logs every 24 hours than a DNS server of an ISP who is guaranteed to spy on me.
- kelnage 8y agoGreat! And you can already choose to do so. But it seems pretty likely that Firefox will be making that decision on behalf of all its users (except those with the wherewithal to know how to opt out), without effectively communicating the risks of that decision to them (based upon their communication about this feature so far).
- Xylakant 8y agoIt’s currently an expert feature that’s off by default. There is documentation in the wiki and a blog post on the nightly news blog for those that are interested in turning it on. It’s quite the opposite of opt-out. It’s opt-in for the technical inclined. What would your expected level of communication be?
- a012 8y agoThere are many public DNS providers those promise to not logs DNS queries. I don't know precisely but if Mozilla forces user to use Cloudflare DNS is the deal breaker.
- telmich 8y agoIt is especially surprising, because so far Mozilla could always be trusted.
- Xylakant 8y agoThey don’t. It’s the default if you choose to enable the feature, but there are other compatible DNS providers, pick any that suits you (or just don’t enable the feature and keep doing what you’re doing now)
- eikenberry 8y agoFalse dichotomy. I.E. those are not the only 2 options.
- xorcist 8y agoapt-get install unbound
- StavrosK 8y agoCountries other than the US use Firefox, my ISP doesn't spy on me. Cloudflare might.
- mynewtb 8y agoConsidering US law, you have to assume they do.
- simias 8y agoI host my own DNS resolver on a dedicated server, Firefox hijacking my DNS traffic without telling me is definitely not an improvement. It can be a nice feature in some situations but having it activated by default without explicit consent should be a big no-no. I hate this mentality of "our users are complete idiots and we know what's good for them" (I call it the "Gnome" mentality).
- cptskippy 8y agoI am of the same opinion and this is an experimental feature turned off by default which is why there is no UI for it. I am imagining that if it goes live the UI will probably be like the Search Engine configuration with a default you can easily change. Still annoying to have to change and almost impossible to notice if it should change, but not as bad as it's being made out to be.