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   FoolishOwl (foolishowl@social.coop)'s status on Saturday, 12-Apr-2025 03:00:43 JST FoolishOwl

   I saw a thread recommending using a custom DNS instead of the ISP's DNS. I'm using a cable modem / router rented from Xfinity, which doesn't allow changing that setting.

   That reminds me that I've wanted to purchase a cable modem and wifi router that allows me more control over the settings.

   Any recommendations?

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     silverwizard (silverwizard@convenient.email)'s status on Saturday, 12-Apr-2025 03:00:41 JST silverwizard

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     @foolishowl The custom DNS thing scares the hell out of me. Most of the public DNS servers are just tracking services that want more tracking. I understand that some ISPs are tracking- but my personal threat model is probably more worried about Google collecting my data than my ISP (but my ISP is a Canadian independent ISP i used to work for)
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     FoolishOwl (foolishowl@social.coop)'s status on Saturday, 12-Apr-2025 03:18:12 JST FoolishOwl

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     • silverwizard

     @silverwizard I'm not entirely sure whether using custom DNS would actually be better but it annoys me that Xfinity tries to preempt my decision.

     There are other minor tweaks I've wanted to make that the equipment I have doesn't allow, as well.

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     silverwizard (silverwizard@convenient.email)'s status on Saturday, 12-Apr-2025 03:18:26 JST silverwizard

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     @foolishowl yeah - removing your options is real crap
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     FoolishOwl (foolishowl@social.coop)'s status on Saturday, 12-Apr-2025 04:20:21 JST FoolishOwl

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     @silverwizard I was just finding out that Waterfox inherits from Firefox the settings that redirect all DNS queries for web browsing -- i.e., nearly all of them, and nearly all where privacy matters -- to Cloudflare DNS. At least on Android, the instructions I've found for overriding that setting don't work.

     I fucking hate it.

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     silverwizard (silverwizard@convenient.email)'s status on Saturday, 12-Apr-2025 04:20:38 JST silverwizard

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     @foolishowl Oh yeah! Everyone seems to do that! Google managed to convince people that the most private thing was to send all their data to them or cloudflare. The most private companies in the world!
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     FoolishOwl (foolishowl@social.coop)'s status on Saturday, 12-Apr-2025 04:30:19 JST FoolishOwl

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     @silverwizard I've written zone files from scratch for fun. How are other people going to figure any of this out?

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     silverwizard (silverwizard@convenient.email)'s status on Saturday, 12-Apr-2025 04:30:38 JST silverwizard

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     @foolishowl Turns out giving google the right to write all the rules was a fucking awful idea.

     I hate privacy (I want some, but doing so is a forever war) and like -fuuuuuuck