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RandomDNS – aims to improve the security, privacy and anonymity of DNSCrypt

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Re: RandomDNS – aims to improve the security, privacy and anonymity of DNSCrypt

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What's the point? DNSCrypt is already encrypted and Tor offers zero privacy but it does offer the FBI helpfully monitoring to de-anonymize Tor clients and servers. Using a VPN and DNSCrypt together would far better. Plus, Tor adds unnecessary latency (unusable for daily use) and suspicion, rendering it's benefit nearly nullified apart from paedophiles or people trading drugs. i2p and others seem to be headed in the r…

> DNSCrypt is already encrypted and Tor offers zero privacy but it does offer the FBI helpfully monitoring to de-anonymize Tor clients and servers. This is pure FUD. > Using a VPN and DNSCrypt together would far better. https://gist.github.com/joepie91/5a9909939e6ce7d09e29 Don't use VPN services.

We'll, I trust my VPN equally or more then my ISP. In Germany, there has been a lot of debate about the so called data retention law. While I assume that my VPN does the same, the data is a lot less valuable because I'm well over 4,000 miles.

Re: RandomDNS – aims to improve the security, privacy and anonymity of DNSCrypt

#22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> DNSCrypt is already encrypted and Tor offers zero privacy but it does offer the FBI helpfully monitoring to de-anonymize Tor clients and servers. This is pure FUD. > Using a VPN and DNSCrypt together would far better. https://gist.github.com/joepie91/5a9909939e6ce7d09e29 Don't use VPN services.

We'll, I trust my VPN equally or more then my ISP. In Germany, there has been a lot of debate about the so called data retention law. While I assume that my VPN does the same, the data is a lot less valuable because I'm well over 4,000 miles.

> the data is a lot less valuable because I'm well over 4,000 miles.

That is a very dangerous assumption to be making.

Re: RandomDNS – aims to improve the security, privacy and anonymity of DNSCrypt

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"RandomDNS aims to improve the security, privacy and anonymity of DNSCrypt." "It can randomize the server choice at runtime and can rotate it frequently." Re privacy, randomizing the server choice reduces privacy. It means they all end up with your DNS queries instead of just one of them. This is exactly why Tor has entry guards. I can't see any evidence of this application increasing security or "anonymity" either.

Yeah, it should just be DNSSEC-over-Tor.
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