[tor-talk] DNS provider that does not hijack failures

[Sean Alexandre]

On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 09:50:22PM -0500, Joe Btfsplk wrote:
> On 5/30/2013 8:11 PM, Sean Alexandre wrote:
> >On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 07:15:36PM -0500, Joe Btfsplk wrote:
> >>
> >>Google? Oh, my.
> >Not ideal, I agree. What would you use, if your ISP's resolvers weren't an option? Also,
> >let's say you don't want to run your own DNS resolver. (Running your own resolver would
> >seem ideal, but extra overhead.)
> >
> I don't know.  I'm just not sure about Google.  No idea about their
> DNS resolver, but nothing they've done in years suggests that
> privacy / anonymity is anywhere near a top priority.  Mostly, just
> the opposite.

Agreed, although the privacy policy for their Public DNS service seems decent:
https://developers.google.com/speed/public-dns/privacy

TL;DR They wipe requesting IP addresses from their logs after 48 hours, although
permanently keep things such as geolocation information.