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Submission + - Mozilla: Cloudflare Doesn't Pay Us For Any DoH Traffic (zdnet.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 24, 2019 @07:07PM

An anonymous reader writes: Mozilla said today that "no money is being exchanged to route DNS requests to Cloudflare" as part of the DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH) feature that is currently being gradually enabled for Firefox users in the US. The browser maker has been coming under heavy criticism lately for its partnership with Cloudflare. Many detractors say that by using Cloudflare as the default DoH resolver for Firefox, Mozilla will help centralize a large chunk of DNS traffic on Cloudflare's service. Critics of this decision include regular users, but also ISP-backed lobby groups, according to a recent report citing leaked documents. But according to Mozilla, they're not getting paid for this, and are only doing it for Firefox user privacy.

Comment It has been this way for awhile (Score 1) 798

by briansco on Monday February 04, 2013 @01:14PM (#42786577) Attached to: AT&T: Don't Want a Data Plan for That Smartphone? Too Bad.

I am surprised it took this long for someone to post on this. It happened about 3-4 years ago to me. Took and old Windows phone and replaced a flip. AT&T caught it within a month. Started me on a data plan. The Big 2 do this all the time. It is a little less of a problem with Verizon as their phones have no sim cards to easily change phones. I now use Straight Talk. no contract and my old android phone does what I need. Yes is on the AT&T network but it works find in my house and I don't have to talk to them anymore. Less stress.

Comment Re:Do people really care? (Score 1) 353

by briansco on Wednesday December 19, 2012 @01:37PM (#42337827) Attached to: ISP Data Caps Just a 'Cash Cow'

This is spot on! I have friends here in the US that bitch about ATT Verizon gouging them. So I say....hey try something like Straight Talk...which even uses either the ATT or Verizon network depending on your choice....but they bind themselves up in 2 year contracts and they are all staggered so they feel stuck. I am proud to say I have been contract free for almost a year. I just buy my phones and pay someone just for service. If they gouge me, I leave and go somewhere else. You just have to take the time and effort do it. Most people are too lazy or too arrogant to do it (Note dig at IPhone zealots! ha ha )....

Comment Re:Hurray for paying more to use my service (Score 1) 83

by briansco on Tuesday September 14, 2010 @11:30AM (#33574704) Attached to: Femtocells To Replace Parts of the 3G Network

On top of that they charge to 20 bucks a month for unlimited minutes to use the service or you end up using your minutes on your plan. So you get changed for the device, and charged to use the device. All so AT&T doesn't have to fix their network. Who says the robber barons were from the late 19th century. They are here now!

Feed Movies on Demand, at the Movies (wired.com)

From feed by wiredfeed on Monday March 05, 2007 @02:12PM

Technology that acquires films instantaneously gives theater operators unprecedented flexibility in selecting what they screen. Now, a box-office bomb can be ditched for an old favorite. By the Associated Press.

Feed The U.S. Patent Office Wants You (wired.com)

From feed by wiredfeed on Monday March 05, 2007 @02:12PM

A plan to help overburdened patent examiners solicits online advice from outside sources (read: you), calling on Slashdot's founder for a system to rank user comments. Plus: China blocks LiveJournal. In 27B Stroke 6.

Copyright Law Used to Shut Down Site 206

Posted by Hemos on Monday March 05, 2007 @12:22PM from the bad-usage dept.

driptray writes "The Sydney Morning Herald reports that an Australian mining industry group has used copyright laws to close a website that parodied a coal industry ad campaign. A group known as Rising Tide created the website using the slogan "Rising sea levels: brought to you by mining" in response to the mining industry's slogan of "Life: brought to you by mining". The mining industry claimed that the "content and layout" of the parody site infringed copyright, but when Rising Tide removed the copyrighted photos and changed the layout, the mining industry still lodged a complaint. Is this a misuse of copyright law in order to stifle dissent?"

30 Days With Ubuntu Linux 852

Posted by Hemos on Monday March 05, 2007 @11:29AM from the making-the-switch dept.

jkwdoc writes "Vexed by Vista's hardware requirements and product activation issues, many have claimed on various boards that they plan to 'switch to Linux.' [H] Consumer spent 30 days using nothing but Ubuntu Linux to find out if this is truly a viable alternative for the consumer. Linux has indeed become much more than the 'Programmer's OS.'"

ODF Threat to Microsoft in US Governments Grows 269

Posted by Zonk on Monday March 05, 2007 @01:19AM from the cropping-up-everywhere dept.

Tookis writes "Another setback for Microsoft has cropped up in the space of document formats in government organizations. The state of California has introduced a bill to make open document format (ODF) a mandatory requirement in the software used by state agencies. Similar legislation in Texas and Minnesota has added further to the pressure on Microsoft, which is pushing its own proprietary Office Open XML (OOXML) document format in the recently released Office 2007. The bill doesn't specify ODF by name, but instead requires the use of an open XML-based format."

Can Apple Take Microsoft on the Desktop? 528

Posted by Zonk on Sunday March 04, 2007 @03:32PM from the put-em-up-put-em-up dept.

An anonymous reader writes "RDM asks Can Apple Take Microsoft on the Desktop?, a comparison of recent sales and profits and the future outlook for Macs and PCs. It's the opinion of the article's author that Apple doesn't have to take a majority share of the desktop market to win. The key is to take the most valuable segments of the market. They show via a few quick financial numbers that even though Apple is selling fewer machines, they're making more money per machine than your Dells or your Gateways. Not being beholden to Microsoft gives them a big advantage when competing with traditional PC sellers. Once Apple is positioned, Microsoft will be forced to choose whether it wants to battle Mac OS X for control of the slick consumer desktop, or repurpose Windows as a cheaper, mass market alternative to Linux in corporate sales. If it doesn't make a choice, the company will face difficult battles on two fronts.""

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