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Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:
Firefox will start switching browser users to Cloudflare's encrypted-DNS service today and roll out the change across the United States in the coming weeks.
"Today, Firefox began the rollout of encrypted DNS over HTTPS (DoH) by default for US-based users," Firefox maker Mozilla said in an announcement scheduled to go live at this link Tuesday morning. "The rollout will continue over the next few weeks to confirm no major issues are discovered as this new protocol is enabled for Firefox's US-based users."
DNS over HTTPS helps keep eavesdroppers from seeing what DNS lookups your browser is making, potentially making it more difficult for Internet service providers or other third parties to monitor what websites you visit. As we've previously written, Mozilla's embrace of DNS over HTTPS is fueled in part by concerns about ISPs monitoring customers' Web usage. Mobile broadband providers were caught selling their customers' real-time location data to third parties, and Internet providers can use browsing history to deliver targeted ads.
Wireless and wired Internet providers are suing the state of Maine to stop a Web-browsing privacy law that would require ISPs to get customers' opt-in consent before using or sharing browsing history and other sensitive data. The telecom companies already convinced Congress and President Trump to eliminate a similar federal law in 2017.
Also at:
Mozilla Blog
The Register
Previously:
Firefox Begins Enabling DNS-over-HTTPS for Users
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 27 2020, @04:03AM
>If you suspect your ISP spies on you, change the ISP. Vote with your wallet, this is simple.
Not only a spy problem, the same feature that allow then to track you can be use against you.
Not all countries are free, just by accessing some sites you may put yourself in danger.
Some virus may have changed your DNS and be rerouting your traffic for bad servers... DOH may help, as it will not use the OS DNS
ISP or country may be blocking sites by replacing the real DNS with their own (either blocking or inspecting or hijacking)
This feature is good, we just need more alternative DNS servers. Cloudflare was the first one and a few months later we already have another alternative. There are others deploying similar services and requesting the firefox inclusion ⁽that can be accepted if the terms are acceptable... if they fulfill then or not, that is another question )
Finally, with this feature, it is possible to use our own server or expand to use some round-robin or random list and DNS can go to different servers for different companies and make your self even harder to be tracked