“Cloudflare, Apple, and Fastly have co-designed and proposed a new DNS standard to tackle ongoing privacy issues associated with DNS,” reports ZDNet. Cloudflare calls it “a practical approach for improving privacy” that “aims to improve the overall adoption of encrypted DNS protocols without compromising performance and user experience…” Third-parties, such as ISPs, find it more difficult to trace website visits when…
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Cloudflare and Apple Design a New Privacy-Friendly Internet Protocol
Engineers at Cloudflare and Apple say they’ve developed a new internet protocol that will shore up one of the biggest holes in internet privacy that many don’t know even exists. Dubbed Oblivious DNS-over-HTTPS, or ODoH for short, the new protocol makes it far more difficult for internet providers to know which websites you visit. From a report: […] Recent developments like…
Did COVID Data Whistleblower Hack Florida’s Emergency Alert System? Police Raid Home
FriendlySolipsist writes: Independent journalist Rebekah Jones, a scientist fired by the Florida state government because, she said, of her refusal to manipulate official COVID-19 data releases to coincide with political considerations and who now operates website floridacovidaction.com, had her home raided by the FL state police who seized computers and cellphones, the Miami Herald reported. The FDLE affidavit in support of…
Russia Wants To Ban the Use of Secure Protocols Such As TLS 1.3, DoH, DoT, ESNI
An anonymous reader writes: The Russian government is working on updating its technology laws so it can ban the use of modern internet protocols that can hinder its surveillance and censorship capabilities. According to a copy of the proposed law amendments and an explanatory note, the ban targets internet protocols and technologies such as TLS 1.3, DoH, DoT, and ESNI. Moscow…
Can Firefox Be Saved?
“Even with another infusion of cash from Google, you have to wonder just how long Firefox will survive as a viable, mainstream web browser,” argues ZDNet contributing editor Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols:
I’ve been using Mozilla’s Firefox browser since it was still in beta. In 2004, for a while, it was my favorite web browser. Not because it was open-source, but because it…
Comcast Becomes the First ISP To Join Mozilla’s TRR Program
Comcast has joined Cloudflare and NextDNS in partnering with Mozilla’s Trusted Recursive Resolver program, which aims to make DNS more trusted and secure. Neowin reports: Commenting on the move, Firefox CTO Eric Rescorla, said: “Comcast has moved quickly to adopt DNS encryption technology and we’re excited to have them join the TRR program. Bringing ISPs into the TRR program helps us…
DNS Over HTTPS: Not As Private As Some Think?
Long-time Slashdot reader UnderAttack writes:
DNS over HTTPS has been hailed as part of a “poor mans VPN”. Its use of HTTPS to send DNS queries makes it much more difficult to detect and block the use of the protocol. But there are some kinks in the armor. Current clients, and most current DoH services, do not implement the optional passing option,…
Mozilla To Add Second DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH) Provider in Firefox
Mozilla has announced that NextDNS would be joining Cloudflare as the second DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH) provider inside Firefox. From a report: The browser maker says NextDNS passed the conditions imposed by its Trusted Recursive Resolver (TRR) program, and can now be added as a second option for DoH inside Firefox. These conditions include (1) limiting the data NextDNS collects from the DoH…
D’oh! Why human beings aren’t as intelligent as we think
Human attempts to define intelligence are largely motivated by a desire to prove we have more of it – but a look at the world around us suggests a different story Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24432601-400-doh-why-human-beings-arent-as-intelligent-as-we-think/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Microsoft Announces Plan To Support DoH In Windows
New submitter Shad0wz writes: Microsoft’s Core Network team just announced they plan on supporting DoH in the Windows resolver. In the blog post, the company writes: Providing encrypted DNS support without breaking existing Windows device admin configuration won’t be easy. However, at Microsoft we believe that “we have to treat privacy as a human right. We have to have end-to-end cybersecurity…