On 18/05/18 00:30, John Andersen wrote:
On 05/17/2018 02:22 PM, David C. Rankin wrote:
On 05/17/2018 03:09 PM, John Andersen wrote:
Warning: 8.8.8.8 is Google's free DNS service. Some people find the idea of it abhorrent, but I've never seen any indication of "evil" using this, and its is fast.
None other than google being able to capture every requested ip and associate it with yours and then tie it to every google account you have, bundle it and sell it to every slimy ad company on the planet. Aside from that -- it's a fine free DNS :)
Google does not sell personally identifiable information. So at best they sell aggregates - city level.
Here's their statemtnt on this issue: https://developers.google.com/speed/public-dns/privacy
Now I have to ask, do you get this level of clarity from your local ISP? Where else are you going to get DNS and not be subject to Analysis?
I use to use OpenDNS. I was a paying customer. Then Cisco bought them and ALL of the privacy promises went by the wayside, and you now get only this: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/about/legal/privacy-full.html (Plonk).
My ISP? Comcast? Really, I should trust Comcast? They are an OpenDNS customer. And I'm sure they keep logs for far longer.
This page has a lot of free DNS servers.
Try some of them out, or at least read their policy.
https://www.lifewire.com/free-and-public-dns-servers-2626062
CloudFare: https://1.1.1.1/#explanation No logging claimed?
Verisign: https://www.verisign.com/en_US/security-services/public-dns/index.xhtml
Somebody else's openSUSE machine that I administer in the UK seemed to be sluggish at loading webpages using their ISP's default DNS so, not being a fan of anything Google and so not wanting to go with the regularly suggested 8.8.8.8, I stumbled on an article and changed them a while ago to the IBM-backed Quad9 (https://www.quad9.net/) servers: 9.9.9.9 I could see an immediate speed improvement. Might be worth checking out. gumb -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org