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I would argue that the hurdle of bypassing DNS-based content blocking was already so vanishingly small that it doesn't make any sense to impede useful and pract
by shawnz 6y ago
I would argue that the hurdle of bypassing DNS-based content blocking was already so vanishingly small that it doesn't make any sense to impede useful and practical privacy technologies on that basis.
You could make the exact same kind of argument about widespread use of HTTPS for example. Do we want to allow encryption technology if it means the enemy can use it too? As a society we have agreed that encryption is a net positive even though terrorists and criminals benefit from it, but when malware uses it then that's too far?
- pbhjpbhj 6y ago>I would argue that the hurdle of bypassing DNS-based content blocking was already so vanishingly small [...] // That doesn't hold up under scrutiny. My pihole blocks ~11% of domain lookups (blocking 1000 queries per day for our household), turning it off vastly increases the unwanted content. It might seem is logical a ready hurdle, but it's a hurdle that practically works. I don't follow the reasoning that says this is a small barrier to malware so we'll remove it. What are we, end users, getting out of routing all our domain lookups to Cloudflare and ceding control of filtering?
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