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1.1.1.1: Fast, privacy-first consumer DNS service

(blog.cloudflare.com)
1895 points _l4jh | 1 comments | 01 Apr 18 12:14 UTC | HN request time: 0.218s | source
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ajross ◴[01 Apr 18 12:37 UTC] No.16727942[source]▶
This is the Cloudflare resolver, right? What's the "privacy-first" part about? It's just another third party DNS host. They haven't changed the protocol to be uninspectable and AFAIK haven't made any guarantees about logging or whatnot that would enhance privacy vs. using whatever you are now. This just means you're trusting Cloudflare instead of Comcast or Google or whoever.
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1. cornholio ◴[01 Apr 18 12:42 UTC] No.16727978[source]▶
I think the whole point for such free services is to log that data and extract statistical meaning out of it - in this case, they pledge to use an anonymized format. On the other hand CloudFlare's mission (ensure secure, solid end to end connectivity) is much better aligned with the user's needs than Google's mission (sell more ads).