The funny thing is I had to blackhole 8.8.8.8 on my home router earlier this week because of a change in the Netflix app on the Roku. Why won't people just take my money?
Google acknowledges XKCD #1361
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Re: Google acknowledges XKCD #1361
#12Re: Google acknowledges XKCD #1361
#13The command is only:
dig +short TXT google-public-dns-a.google.com
by the way, the "http://xkcd..." part is the response, but since @asdafa didn't put \n\n after the command, it's appearing at the same line.
Re: Google acknowledges XKCD #1361
#14Maybe a stupid question, but is it monetized somehow? I mean DNS servers. After all, it's a pretty heavy load… I still don't really understand what is (is known to be) monetizable and what isn't.
Re: Google acknowledges XKCD #1361
#15Clickable link for those like me who haven't read it. http://xkcd.com/1361/
it's also a DuckDuckGo instant answer (any xkcd comic) https://duckduckgo.com/?q=xkcd+1361
Re: Google acknowledges XKCD #1361
#16Maybe a stupid question, but is it monetized somehow? I mean DNS servers. After all, it's a pretty heavy load… I still don't really understand what is (is known to be) monetizable and what isn't.
Sure, they benefit by getting valuable data on Internet traffic. For another example of DNS server monetization, see http://opendns.com/.
Turns out there are clever ways of (mis)using DNS features to make money. For example, your server could hijack NXDOMAIN responses and instead direct the user to a nice page that tells them that the name couldn't be resolved alongside a couple relevant advertisements.
Re: Google acknowledges XKCD #1361
#17Maybe a stupid question, but is it monetized somehow? I mean DNS servers. After all, it's a pretty heavy load… I still don't really understand what is (is known to be) monetizable and what isn't.
What could Google possibly do with people telling them every website they are visiting?
Also, at the scale Google operates, I am not sure that DNS is that big of a resource commitment, and it may allow them to do fancy traffic routing stuff for their own services.
Re: Google acknowledges XKCD #1361
#18Maybe a stupid question, but is it monetized somehow? I mean DNS servers. After all, it's a pretty heavy load… I still don't really understand what is (is known to be) monetizable and what isn't.
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Re: Google acknowledges XKCD #1361
#19Maybe a stupid question, but is it monetized somehow? I mean DNS servers. After all, it's a pretty heavy load… I still don't really understand what is (is known to be) monetizable and what isn't.
I guess, for Google at least, getting all DNS requests of their users is worth paying for a popular DNS server. That's how they know which sites your like even if those sites don't use Google Analytics.
Re: Google acknowledges XKCD #1361
#20Maybe a stupid question, but is it monetized somehow? I mean DNS servers. After all, it's a pretty heavy load… I still don't really understand what is (is known to be) monetizable and what isn't.
What could Google possibly do with people telling them every website they are visiting? Also, at the scale Google operates, I am not sure that DNS is that big of a resource commitment, and it may allow them to do fancy traffic routing stuff for their own services.
They could use it to build more accurate profiles of their users in order to monetize them.