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minus-squaredejf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoWhy shouldn’t you let your browser use DNS over HTTPS?
minus-squareAA5B@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-23 months agoBecause then it can bypass your ad-blocking DNS DNS over HTTPS was a great idea for privacy if left in your hands, but immediately ran into the reality of intrusive advertising
minus-squareHexarei@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoBecause dns ad blocking is typically done with something like dnsmasq which doesn’t support DNS over HTTPS, though it’s easy enough to setup a resolver/forwarder that does
Why shouldn’t you let your browser use DNS over HTTPS?
Because then it can bypass your ad-blocking DNS
DNS over HTTPS was a great idea for privacy if left in your hands, but immediately ran into the reality of intrusive advertising
Because dns ad blocking is typically done with something like dnsmasq which doesn’t support DNS over HTTPS, though it’s easy enough to setup a resolver/forwarder that does