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Comment Re:Opinion (Score 1) 37

This makes troubleshooting awful. :|

yep dns over https is awful from a security standpoint. Although it has always been a good idea, requiring all user to use a proxy to connect to the web is even more relevant now, you can block dns over httpd there with mod_security rules or what not. All bets are off if users are able to use a vpn although so maybe force SOCK proxy usage as well with appropriate filters or only allow http.

For vpns, using vpns might actually be less secure and easier to track when you don't know what the vpn provider is doing. I use vpns all the time but only the ones I set up myself, both the vpn servers and client configurations.

Comment Re:You didn't even read the summary (Score 1) 37

DNS settings and routing settings are different things, my point was that there could be a way around it like changing the routing and redirect to your local DNS at your router like another user posted above but it is simpler to not use google's vpn or any other google software for that matter.

You didn't tell me if google's vpn is free, which I suspect it must be!

Comment Re:blowing the whistle: Google does this malicious (Score 4, Interesting) 37

They are using the IP range that you're posting from as well as TCPIP headers to get things like your Mac address and use that as a way to uniquely identify you.

MAC addresses are not send in any TCPIP headers, it happens at another layer and is resolved locally by arp. Hey! But don't worry! That google software you voluntarily install on your computer can read your MAC address and send it to google in the payload of a tcpip packet, not in the header although.

Comment Re:Will there be arguments over (Score 1) 75

Neil Armstrong? What has he got to do with it? Just phone one of the following numbers and listen to Fred Covington instead!:

The U.S. Naval Observatory provides public time service via 26 NTP[32] servers on the public Internet,[35] and via telephone voice announcements:[36]

        +1 202 762-1401 (Washington, DC)
        +1 202 762-1069 (Washington, DC)
        +1 719 567-6742 (Colorado Springs, CO)

The voice of actor Fred Covington (1928–1993)[37] has been announcing the USNO time since 1978.[38]

Comment Re:Fast is nice and all (Score 1) 55

It has all gone to hell a while ago if you ask me, it doesn't matter what browser you use, it will eventually eat all your memory and become sluggish after 24 hours so you need to constantly or at least often restart the browser. Worse, more and more sites simply won't render properly if you use any non-mainstream browser. Slashdot is fine although and low footprint on hardware.

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