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This is about preventing dns manipulation attacks. That assumes that a DNS server (like 8.8.8.8) is generally accessible, but an adversary is trying to manipula
by bubblethink 8y ago
This is about preventing dns manipulation attacks. That assumes that a DNS server (like 8.8.8.8) is generally accessible, but an adversary is trying to manipulate the responses. In China, you anyway can't access regular global dns servers. You need to use official dns supported by the government. So the question of dns manipulation is moot.
- ghostly_s 8y agoSo that makes it morally consistent...how?
- hnbroseph 8y agowhat consistency are you referring to? that jigsaw ought do what google does, or google ought to what jigsaw does, and thus establish some notional inter-consistency between them?
- Barrin92 8y agoGoogle's a big business with many divisions and even more people. I don't see why moral consistency is supposed to be expected or of particular interest.
- x220 8y agoGoogle and Alphabet have executives that set mission statements. If these executives wanted to, they could easily prioritize ethical conduct and refuse compliance with censorship schemes and oppressive regimes.
- thisgoodlife 8y agoThis is not true. I tried 8.8.8.8 and it worked when I visited China 2 years ago.
- mygo 8y agothat’s what they wanted you to think ;)
- lallysingh 8y agoWere you on a VPN?
- tgsovlerkhgsel 8y ago"Worked" does not mean freely accessible. It means you received DNS responses when you sent DNS requests there, but there's a high chance the responses weren't coming from Google, and that encrypted connections would fail. However, it seems that Google hosts the encrypted endpoint separately anyways, not on 8.8.8.8.