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Google isn't exactly secret about the fact that Chromecast connects to Google's data centers. Especially if you're using it to, say, watch YouTube, as Paul Vix
by kllrnohj 8y ago
Google isn't exactly secret about the fact that Chromecast connects to Google's data centers.
Especially if you're using it to, say, watch YouTube, as Paul Vixie was.
Chromecast connecting to Google is not a "secret requirements that go far beyond user expectations." Expecting a cloud-connected product to continue to work when you've randomly blacklisted IPs that belong to that company is, however, an unreasonable expectation.
- nofunsir 8y ago"cloud-connected" Hacker News is not the best* place for nebulous cumulonimbus commentary.
- markstos 8y agoWe expect that Chromecast connects to Google's servers when you are using Google services. By forcing you to use their DNS service, they can track every non-Google DNS query you make as well, which is all tied to your IP address. It is a form of surveillance of everything that you do on your Chromecast, for which there is no explicit consent. https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/62273/can-dns-servers-log-users-requests-for-commercial-use-e-g-track-direct-access https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/62273/can-dns-s... It is similar in some ways to Facebook tracking users across the internet through Facebook "Like" and "Connect" buttons across the internet, even when the user's aren't on the Facebook site and did not opt-in to having their browsing tracked by Facebook outside of Facebook.
- kllrnohj 8y ago> By forcing you to use their DNS service, they can track every non-Google DNS query you make as well, which is all tied to your IP address. It's a Chromecast. You literally can't make non-Google queries on it at all in the first place. So what, exactly, is the privacy concern here? What specific flow of events does the Chromecast using 8.8.8.8 impact your privacy?