OpenDNS is hijacking Google requests (For what they claim is a good reason)
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Re: OpenDNS is hijacking Google requests (For what they claim is a good reason)
#2Google's "Do No Evil" motto has apparently jumped the shark...
Re: OpenDNS is hijacking Google requests (For what they claim is a good reason)
#3Doesn't look hard to uninstall to me, and I'd say for the average user when they type something in the address bar, they meant to type it into google.
Seems like OpenDNS is fighting fire with more fire.
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#4What OpenDNS is doing is far more pernicious than what Dell did. You can remove Dell's software and still use your computer. If you're making the mistake of relying on OpenDNS, there's little you can do to avoid their proxy.
You'd want to say this is a horrible precedent, but it's not unprecedented --- it's exactly what Verisign tried to pull on us a few years back.
Re: OpenDNS is hijacking Google requests (For what they claim is a good reason)
#5Why are we bubbling up a year-old story?
Re: OpenDNS is hijacking Google requests (For what they claim is a good reason)
#6What OpenDNS is doing is far more pernicious than what Dell did. You can remove Dell's software and still use your computer. If you're making the mistake of relying on OpenDNS, there's little you can do to avoid their proxy. You'd want to say this is a horrible precedent, but it's not unprecedented --- it's exactly what Verisign tried to pull on us a few years back.
You can change the DNSs too. At least you can choose to use OpenDNS or not in the first place.
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#7Whatever openDNS is doing, it doesn't make Google and Dell right. Users should not have to live with built-in advertisement in their laptop. I don't think it matters how easy it is to uninstall, it's still wrong. I would even get rid of logos on monitors and lids: this is a computer, not a t-shirt.
Re: OpenDNS is hijacking Google requests (For what they claim is a good reason)
#8Whatever openDNS is doing, it doesn't make Google and Dell right. Users should not have to live with built-in advertisement in their laptop. I don't think it matters how easy it is to uninstall, it's still wrong. I would even get rid of logos on monitors and lids: this is a computer, not a t-shirt.
I knew I wasn't the only one who hates those stickers.
Re: OpenDNS is hijacking Google requests (For what they claim is a good reason)
#9This is their BUSINESS MODEL for crying out load. If you don't like it then use another DNS server.
It is like complaining about Google serving Adds.
Re: OpenDNS is hijacking Google requests (For what they claim is a good reason)
#10What OpenDNS is doing is far more pernicious than what Dell did. You can remove Dell's software and still use your computer. If you're making the mistake of relying on OpenDNS, there's little you can do to avoid their proxy. You'd want to say this is a horrible precedent, but it's not unprecedented --- it's exactly what Verisign tried to pull on us a few years back.
You can change the DNSs too. At least you can choose to use OpenDNS or not in the first place.
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