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posted by Fnord666 on Thursday October 26 2017, @04:28AM   Printer-friendly
from the DNS=Do-Not-Share dept.

Submitted via IRC for SoyGuest31999

Android, the world's most popular mobile operating system, will soon enable a security protocol that helps keep internet service providers (ISPs) from spying on users. "DNS over TLS" adds a level of encryption to your DNS requests that are (mostly) inaccessible by your ISP.

[...] Using current methods, the requests happen through UDP or TCP protocols, not the more secure TLS. When Android makes the switch, you'll get the same results, only now with HTTPS-level security. That is to say, snoops now know when you've connected to a website, but not which one. Pornhub, for example, is the same as Gmail. Or, it is for the person spying on you. You'll still have to live with the fact you're watching Pokemon Go porn (safe-ish for work).

Source: https://thenextweb.com/mobile/2017/10/23/android-to-add-dns-over-tls-to-keep-isps-from-spying-on-you/


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  • (Score: 2, Troll) by aristarchus on Thursday October 26 2017, @05:36AM

    by aristarchus (2645) on Thursday October 26 2017, @05:36AM (#587712) Journal

    SN editors should know better.

    Except, they don't. We have one that is a self-confessed Windows user! Ewww! And they seem to listen to the janitorial staff, namely The Mightly Buzzard, because he seems to know some coding more better than they do. Oh, Lordy! Will SoylentNews survive this Fine Article?

    [Pro-tip:

    Pornhub, for example, is the same as Gmail.

    Pornhub has always been the same a Gmail. And Google knows this? Your point being? OK, more of a "pro-question."]

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