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Cast itself requires you to use googles services to use the product. It bounces off of Google's servers for app & stream setup, along with authentication. So d
by kllrnohj 8y ago
Cast itself requires you to use googles services to use the product. It bounces off of Google's servers for app & stream setup, along with authentication.
So does it really matter if it uses 8.8.8.8 to resolve the connection to google vs. some other DNS server? It's still going to connect to google's data center to do the singular function of the device.
And as the product itself is billed as an internet streaming appliance the cloud connection doesn't seem odd or surprising, either. It fits the functionality of the product.
- ignoramous 8y ago> So does it really matter if it uses 8.8.8.8 to resolve the connection to google vs. some other DNS server? It might since there are DNS providers (OpenDNS, AdGuard) that help create blacklists or use one out of the box (family filters, privacy oriented filters, etc). Also, not sure if true, but Google might be required to comply with local laws and 'block' websites through NXDomains.
- TomMarius 8y agoHow would you use the device if you blacklisted its cloud?
- wtallis 8y agoIt's more about the fact that this device is unnecessarily requiring you to open a hole in that layer of security, potentially leaving other devices exposed if the exception for the Chromecast Ultra is not properly configured.
- kllrnohj 8y agoThe device requires you to open holes to its cloud. Why does which IP it demands is open matter here? If you want to blackhole IPs yeah it's going to be painful at times. But you signed up for that by trying to blackhole IPs, no?