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Android to Add 'DNS Over TLS' to Keep ISPs From Spying on You

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

MrPlow writes:

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: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 26 2017, @06:49AM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 26 2017, @06:49AM (#587729)

    Perfect! Now fix the problem of jobs being posted "in" the location from which candidates are sought instead of where the job actually is. Also fix the problem of "no travel required, no relocation required" but "by the way the company has an office halfway across the country and you will be expected to fly there on demand."

    I await your genius solution to blatant dishonesty.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 26 2017, @10:56AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 26 2017, @10:56AM (#587754)

    I await your genius solution to blatant dishonesty.

    Get them a piece of twine and ask them to bind it to that office halfway across the country, then drag it closer. That will teach them, the bastards.

  • (Score: 2) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Friday October 27 2017, @05:08AM

    by MichaelDavidCrawford (2339) Subscriber Badge <mdcrawford@gmail.com> on Friday October 27 2017, @05:08AM (#588124) Homepage Journal

    The links are woefully out of date but the text explains my thinking.

    tl;dr: I expect The Global Computer Employer index to render all the recruiters unemployable. I first publish the SC page in 1997. There are far fewer recruiters in Santa Cruz County than there were back then. I expect that I have some responsibility for that, but it's not easy to know for certain.

    http://soggy.jobs/computer/united-states/california/santa-cruz/ [soggy.jobs]

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    Yes I Have No Bananas. [gofundme.com]