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   Message 86,046 of 87,272   
   James H. Markowitz to Marco Moock   
   Re: Is Chromium 107 bypassing DNS settin   
   01 Nov 22 16:53:53   
   
   From: noone@nowhere.net   
      
   On Tue, 1 Nov 2022 16:17:22 +0100, Marco Moock wrote:   
      
   > Am 01.11.2022 um 13:19:36 Uhr schrieb me@privacy.net:   
   >   
   >> James H. Markowitz wrote:   
   >> > On Mon, 31 Oct 2022 18:57:39 +0100, Marco Moock wrote:   
   >> >   
   >> >> Am 31.10.2022 um 15:59:23 Uhr schrieb James H. Markowitz:   
   >> >>   
   >> >>> 	In Settings -> Privacy and Security -> Security, in the   
   >> >>> Advanced section there is an option labeled Use secure DNS. This   
   >> >>> option was enabled and set to With your current service provider.   
   >> >>> After disabling Use secure DNS things go back to normal.   
   >> >>   
   >> >> That uses DNS over HTTPS with Google DNS and bypasses you system's   
   >> >> DNS.   
   >> >>> 	The thing is, I do not remember having enabled this on   
   >> >>> Chromium nor on Vivaldi - which makes me a bit nervous.   
   >> >>   
   >> >> Normal behavior, it is enabled by default.   
   >> >   
   >> > 	I see - Chromium is now telling me what is good for me, and   
   >> > I am going to like it, right?   
   >> >   
   >> >   
   >> I do like it. Why? You can circumvent censorship. I set "DNS over   
   >> HTTPS" in Firefox myself, because that way I can access webpages banned   
   >> by the EU.   
   >   
   > You can also do that by setting another DNS resolver in your system.   
   > You can change your DHCOv4/DHCPv6/Router to tell every device to use   
   > that specific DNS.   
      
   	Which is exactly what I do and also why this change in the   
   default behavior in Chromium is so irritating.   
      
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