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Re: [Bug-gnuzilla] GNU Icecat - default DNS provider
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Mark H Weaver |
Subject: |
Re: [Bug-gnuzilla] GNU Icecat - default DNS provider |
Date: |
Thu, 20 Jun 2019 02:32:06 -0400 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.1 (gnu/linux) |
Hi Robin,
<address@hidden> writes:
> I heard that Mozilla firefox uses Cloudflare DNS by default.
I believe that's incorrect. It's true that Mozilla is considering
making future versions of Firefox use Cloudflare DNS by default, and
that they've conducted a shield study to collect performance data on
Cloudflare's DNS service from users of Firefox Nightly builds who have
volunteered to participate in studies.
> Cloudflare looks like a pretty big privacy issue, supporting their DNS
> is almost the same as supporting Cloudflare.
>
> My question is "Does GNU Icecat use Cloudflare DNS by default
Certainly not. Search for "network.trr" in "about:config" to see the
relevant preferences, which are briefly described near the end of this
page:
https://blog.nightly.mozilla.org/2018/06/01/improving-dns-privacy-in-firefox/
> and if this is not the case, which DNS provider does GNU Icecat use?".
With the default settings, it uses whatever DNS server is configured in
your OS.
Regards,
Mark