“DoH means that Firefox will concentrate all DNS traffic on Cloudflare, and they send traffic from all their users to one entity. So what does that mean? It means people outside the US can now be fully tracked by US government: now some of you might wonder if this is actually in line with GDPR (The EU General Data Protection Regulation). It is indeed very questionable if DoH is rolled out as default, since users do NOT opt in, but have to opt out.”

  • Ember2528
    4·
    5 years ago

    The thing is though, some entity has to do it and it will take tons of resources to do so on the scale of every user of Firefox so there aren’t that many providers for Mozilla to choose from. And the alternative is having your ISP do it which isn’t ideal either.

    • LofenyyOPM
      2·
      5 years ago

      If your goal is to hide your DNS queries from your ISP, this could work though using the TOR Browser is a much more ideal approach. In this case, you’re establishing an encrypted connection to a big company so it can resolve DNS queries for you. DNS is supposed to be decentralized and handled by your OS, not your browser. ISPs, as common carriers, can’t mess with DNS resolution, but a big company that you opt to use instead, can, because they provide a service. This company has been controversial in the past, as a large cloud company, they’re more than likely already data brokers. Who’s to say they wont start selling your DNS query data now that they have it?

      EDIT: Also, if you’re outside the US, you’re now trackable by the US government.

        • LofenyyOPM
          1·
          5 years ago

          Why would an average user want to hide their DNS queries from their ISP? Whats more, why would an average user want to hide their DNS queries from their ISP, and not only hand them over to a huge, controversial, privacy-violating entity but also have that entity resolve their DNS queries for them?

  • theo
    2·
    5 years ago

    How is Cloudflare’s reputation regarding privacy and security?