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| I'm no privacy hawk, but I'm no privacy hawk, but I cannot imagine giving Google access to every website that I ever visit, which is what you are doing when you use their DNS servers. If they want to truly compete they need to offer at least a privacy functionality whereby users can ensure that G isn't keeping track of usage/visits/lookups. |
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| said by IIIBradIII:I'm no privacy hawk, but I cannot imagine giving Google access to every website that I ever visit, which is what you are doing when you use their DNS servers. If they want to truly compete they need to offer at least a privacy functionality whereby users can ensure that G isn't keeping track of usage/visits/lookups. My thoughts exactly. Everyone seems to forget that Google is a marketing company.....
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 NightfallMy Goal Is To Deny YoursPremium,MVM
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Grand Rapids, MI
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said by IIIBradIII:I'm no privacy hawk, but I cannot imagine giving Google access to every website that I ever visit, which is what you are doing when you use their DNS servers. If they want to truly compete they need to offer at least a privacy functionality whereby users can ensure that G isn't keeping track of usage/visits/lookups. Heck, you are giving that information to someone. The question is, who do you trust the most? Do you trust your ISP? What about Google? What about OpenDNS?
Personally, I would trust Google and OpenDNS more than I would Comcast or AT&T.
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| said by Nightfall:said by IIIBradIII:I'm no privacy hawk, but I cannot imagine giving Google access to every website that I ever visit, which is what you are doing when you use their DNS servers. If they want to truly compete they need to offer at least a privacy functionality whereby users can ensure that G isn't keeping track of usage/visits/lookups. Heck, you are giving that information to someone. The question is, who do you trust the most? Do you trust your ISP? What about Google? What about OpenDNS? Personally, I would trust Google and OpenDNS more than I would Comcast or AT&T. Your ISP already has this information because your traffic runs over their hardware, so their ability to track by DNS is a wash. OpenDNS offers the privacy feature I mentioned above. Google's current offering in this space is entirely different than those two examples.
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NightfallMy Goal Is To Deny YoursPremium,MVM
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Grand Rapids, MI Reviews:
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| said by IIIBradIII:said by Nightfall:said by IIIBradIII:I'm no privacy hawk, but I cannot imagine giving Google access to every website that I ever visit, which is what you are doing when you use their DNS servers. If they want to truly compete they need to offer at least a privacy functionality whereby users can ensure that G isn't keeping track of usage/visits/lookups. Heck, you are giving that information to someone. The question is, who do you trust the most? Do you trust your ISP? What about Google? What about OpenDNS? Personally, I would trust Google and OpenDNS more than I would Comcast or AT&T. Your ISP already has this information because your traffic runs over their hardware, so their ability to track by DNS is a wash. OpenDNS offers the privacy feature I mentioned above. Google's current offering in this space is entirely different than those two examples. »www.opendns.com/privacy/
Every organization has a different policy on privacy. You are right, opendns is the most well rounded. When the chips are down though, it really comes down to who you can trust. The privacy policy on opendns does have some good privacy protection elements, but there are a lot of loopholes that I can see just scanning down the page.
I guess the point I am trying to make here is that it really all does come down to who you trust the most. Google is no saint thats for sure, but I would use Google's DNS before I would use my crappy ISP DNS thats for sure.
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| said by Nightfall:» www.opendns.com/privacy/Every organization has a different policy on privacy. You are right, opendns is the most well rounded. When the chips are down though, it really comes down to who you can trust. The privacy policy on opendns does have some good privacy protection elements, but there are a lot of loopholes that I can see just scanning down the page. I guess the point I am trying to make here is that it really all does come down to who you trust the most. Google is no saint thats for sure, but I would use Google's DNS before I would use my crappy ISP DNS thats for sure. That's fine, but you do so with full knowledge that Google will now know - in addition to your search history through their search engine - every site you visit. Of the 3 options you posed, Google is the one option most invasive of your privacy. Rather than rely on trust, something as personal as browsing habits are best left to either an organization that already knows them, or one that chooses to not remember them. So far, Google is choosing to USE them.
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