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I still can't wrap my head around why a DNS provider is required to block websites, especially one that is not associated with ISP or used as default on any de
by rs186 11mo ago
I still can't wrap my head around why a DNS provider is required to block websites, especially one that is not associated with ISP or used as default on any device. Oversimplifying this, it's a glorified hash map, so whoever wants to take down the illegal content should just deal with the website owner?
- JKCalhoun 11mo agoPresumably they have failed to do the latter and are just reaching at this point.
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- tuetuopay 11mo agoLet's say our dear politicans view most illicit contents as nails, and view DNS as a hammer. Unfortunately they are now aware that people can trivially get around the ISP restrictions by using another DNS provider, and have started to pressure third-party providers to apply the same blockings as the ISP ones. This is why a few "neutral" providers have outright blocked France because they refuse to block websites.
- chrneu 11mo agoI think a large part of it is the tech-illiteracy of world leaders. I'd wager that a lot of the folks implementing these policies don't know the difference between a DNS server and a VPN. They think DNS=VPN, so all the hackers are using cloudflare to get around restrictions. In general, most folks who use the internet don't know how it works and they don't want to know.
- cocainemonster 11mo agoaren't we all just glorified atoms