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I'm a dumdum when it comes to understanding stuff about DNS. Why is this bad, and are there any good resources for understanding how these are used by companies
by imagiko 8y ago
I'm a dumdum when it comes to understanding stuff about DNS. Why is this bad, and are there any good resources for understanding how these are used by companies to extract more information about our habits?
- pbhjpbhj 8y agoIf someone controls your DNS they can monitor and/or control your internet traffic flow. Like controlling your phone exchange, one can either watch who you connect to, or connect you to other phones regardless of the phones you try to connect to.
- kllrnohj 8y agoExcept in this case nobody is controlling your DNS, as Chromecast doesn't let you make arbitrary DNS requests via it. So Google/Chromecast only knows what DNS lookups Chromecast makes, which changes nothing with regards to privacy or anything else. It can't watch what you're doing, it can't snoop on your web traffic, etc...