Submission + - Road Runner's wildcard DNS service a privacy risk (rgov.org)
rgovostes writes: "Road Runner recently added a wildcard DNS record to redirect typo'd URLs to an ad-ridden web portal much like VeriSign's failed Site Finder, discussed many times on Slashdot. I poked at the service on my blog and found reasons for security and privacy concerns, such as geographical tracking of users and unauthenticated preference changes.
Affected customers can opt-out on the preferences page. That is, if someone else doesn't do it for you."
Affected customers can opt-out on the preferences page. That is, if someone else doesn't do it for you."