Anyone using Google Public DNS?

Better then ISP DNS?

On 01/12/2010 19:45, Count de Monet wrote:
> Better then ISP DNS?

I tried it. Couldn't see any difference. So, on the principle that it's
best not to tell Google anything, I went back to my ISP.

Another Dave

Another Dave wrote:
> On 01/12/2010 19:45, Count de Monet wrote:
>> Better then ISP DNS?
>
> I tried it. Couldn't see any difference. So, on the principle that it's
> best not to tell Google anything, I went back to my ISP.
>
> Another Dave
>
I run my own,. on the principle I have some chance of fixing it if it
goes wrong.

On 01/12/2010 19:49, Another Dave wrote:
> On 01/12/2010 19:45, Count de Monet wrote:
>> Better then ISP DNS?
>



>
So, on the principle that it's
> best not to tell Google anything, I went back to my ISP.
>
> Another Dave
>

This concerns me, is there any evidence that Google collect info from
folk using their DNS servers?

On 01/12/2010 20:01, Count de Monet wrote:
> On 01/12/2010 19:49, Another Dave wrote:
>> On 01/12/2010 19:45, Count de Monet wrote:
>>> Better then ISP DNS?
>>
>
>
>
>>
> So, on the principle that it's
>> best not to tell Google anything, I went back to my ISP.
>>
>> Another Dave
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>
> This concerns me, is there any evidence that Google collect info from
> folk using their DNS servers?

Maybe I should have put a smiley in ;-)

Another Dave

In article <id69i2$gg9$(E-Mail Removed)>, (E-Mail Removed) says...
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> This concerns me, is there any evidence that Google collect info from
> folk using their DNS servers?

Given the rich source of data that DNS lookups present, do you think
it's likely that Google WOULDN'T ?

Anyway, you're never going to get them to admit it - like other little
indiscretions recently. Just go on the balance of probability.

Count de Monet wrote:
> On 01/12/2010 19:49, Another Dave wrote:
>> On 01/12/2010 19:45, Count de Monet wrote:
>>> Better then ISP DNS?
>>
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>
>
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> So, on the principle that it's
>> best not to tell Google anything, I went back to my ISP.
>>
>> Another Dave
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> This concerns me, is there any evidence that Google collect info from
> folk using their DNS servers?
trivial to do... see what sites are rec0eving most lookup info.

Meanwhile, at the uk.telecom.broadband Job Justification Hearings, Count de
Monet chose the tried and tested strategy of:

> Better then ISP DNS?

I'm using it by default because a) it's easy to remember and b) it'll work
from almost anywhere. Given how large and well-run [I assume] Google's
network is, the chances are that if 8.8.8.8 is unreachable, then so is the
rest of the internet.

WRT the privacy concerns...I'm lazy, and a little leaking of data to Google
on what domains I'm interested in is a worthwhile tradeoff, IMO.

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Meanwhile, at the uk.telecom.broadband Job Justification Hearings, Count de
Monet chose the tried and tested strategy of:

> This concerns me, is there any evidence that Google collect info from
> folk using their DNS servers?

If they do, at least it's opt-in. Their Google Analytics stuff isn't, but
it's more the browser-maker's fault than anybody else's. They're by no means
the only ones, of course:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...ech_LEADSecond

http://www.thinq.co.uk/2010/11/30/fa...-tracking-you/

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-- Andrew Crossley, ACS:Law, 13 August 2010

On Thu, 2 Dec 2010 13:07:22 UTC, DrTeeth <no-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> On Wed, 01 Dec 2010 19:45:56 +0000, just as I was about to take a
> herb, Count de Monet <(E-Mail Removed)> disturbed my reverie and wrote:
>
> >Better then ISP DNS?
>
> use it all the time and its fast. Does not hijack like OpenDNS.

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Dave Saville