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ISPs Lied To Congress To Spread Confusion About Encrypted DNS, Mozilla Says

posted by Fnord666 on Monday November 04 2019, @08:34PM   Printer-friendly
from the how-dare-anyone-lie-to-congress dept.

Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:

Mozilla is urging Congress to reject the broadband industry's lobbying campaign against encrypted DNS in Firefox and Chrome.

The Internet providers' fight against this privacy feature raises questions about how they use broadband customers' Web-browsing data, Mozilla wrote in a letter sent today to the chairs and ranking members of three House of Representatives committees. Mozilla also said that Internet providers have been giving inaccurate information to lawmakers and urged Congress to "publicly probe current ISP data collection and use policies."

DNS over HTTPS helps keep eavesdroppers from seeing what DNS lookups your browser is making. This can make it more difficult for ISPs or other third parties to monitor what websites you visit.

"Unsurprisingly, our work on DoH [DNS over HTTPS] has prompted a campaign to forestall these privacy and security protections, as demonstrated by the recent letter to Congress from major telecommunications associations. That letter contained a number of factual inaccuracies," Mozilla Senior Director of Trust and Security Marshall Erwin wrote.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 05 2019, @03:33AM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 05 2019, @03:33AM (#916108)

    Wow! you are thick, aren't you?

    Search engine results returned (or not), items added (or not) to your feeds.

    Pervasive tracking of your browsing habits impacting which ads are (not) shown.

    No, they aren't *directly* blocking access to specific sites, but then, neither are ISPs, at least not any that I deal with -- does yours? Which one is it? What sites do they block?

    You're (as usual) talking out of your ass and it smells that way too.

  • (Score: 0, Flamebait) by fustakrakich on Tuesday November 05 2019, @07:07AM (2 children)

    by fustakrakich (6150) on Tuesday November 05 2019, @07:07AM (#916159) Journal

    Google/Facebook/Twitter cannot control access like the ISP can. And in various countries the ISPs do block access. Nobody else has that kind of power.

    You can block the ads if you find them offensive.

    Your anger is misdirected.

    And what's you doin' smellin' my ass??!

    --
    La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..

    • (Score: 0, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 05 2019, @07:33AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 05 2019, @07:33AM (#916165)

      And of course the moderator wants to be an asshole too... Carrying some kind of grudge. I guess it can't be helped. Cowards

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 07 2019, @10:12PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 07 2019, @10:12PM (#917556)

      Not angry at you. Just amused at your naivete and ignorance.

      Your posts are usually good for a laugh at your expense. Carry on!