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I have little kids and don’t want them to accidentally stumble onto malware or porn sites. But I still don’t like this kind of policing happening at the DNS lay
by yalogin 7y ago
I have little kids and don’t want them to accidentally stumble onto malware or porn sites. But I still don’t like this kind of policing happening at the DNS layer. Even more do given his their previous service became a huge success.
Btw I see some resemblance with google here. Initially they were all “do no harm”. Only after they captured the whole market we realized we shouldn’t have succumbed to free shit. These guys are following the same model. Give free shit and get traffic, even though they lose money. They themselves claim they only charge businesses not consumers.
- rshurts 7y ago> I have little kids and don’t want them to accidentally stumble onto malware or porn sites. But I still don’t like this kind of policing happening at the DNS layer. Where do you set up the filtering or accountability? With so many connected devices in houses I've found DNS is common denominator. It's perhaps the easiest to circumvent, but it covers all the mobile devices, gaming consoles, etc. that are connected to my home network. My kids are too young to circumvent things, but if they start doing that I'll be equal parts proud and preparing for a loving talk.
- mgalgs 7y agoRight, and IMHO by the time they're old enough to start circumventing the filters then they're old enough to see the content. It's a self-enforcing gate. You're not mature enough to see the content until you're mature enough to circumvent the filters :D
- ensignavenger 7y agoDNS seems like a good place for this sort of use case. It prevents accidental access while making it easy for anyone who is sufficiently inclined to circumvent it.