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DNS0: The European public DNS that makes your internet safer

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Re: DNS0: The European public DNS that makes your internet safer

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Post by __alexs »

daneel_w wrote: post #41
__alexs wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There is an EU fund for silly projects like Gaia-X which are mostly about vanity rather than actually producing anything useful. I am suggesting they've formed a non-profit to try and benefit from this fund.

Yeah I don't see what's silly about providing a resolver with the features being offered, no matter the "EU" branding or official project funding. Right off the bat I'm willing to bet these guys are more genuine and honest about privacy/integrity than e.g. Google.

There is nothing silly about the product specifically. It's useful. However they already built it: https://nextdns.io/

What I am calling silly is not dns0. It's the way the EU is funding technology projects.

Re: DNS0: The European public DNS that makes your internet safer

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Post by simongray »

capableweb wrote: post #39
leohonexus wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not affiliated with EU at all. Their branding and wording makes it look like they are until you scroll to the bottom and read the About. Admittedly I don't live in the EU so to some of you folks the non-affiliation may seem obvious.

> Their branding and wording makes it look like they are Because the website is blue and mentions "European Union"? It doesn't say anywhere that it's a official EU project, nor does it contain some of the famous "banners" that EU projects usually have in the footer to show their grants/funding, nor is it on a official EU domain. Clearly a not-EU project from first glance.

It seems like they went through enough trouble to ensure that the page is translated into the official languages of the EU which is usually only something you see on EU websites. For that reason, it does appear official'ish at first glance.

Re: DNS0: The European public DNS that makes your internet safer

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Post by simongray »

leohonexus wrote: post #49
capableweb wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Their branding and wording makes it look like they are Because the website is blue and mentions "European Union"? It doesn't say anywhere that it's a official EU project, nor does it contain some of the famous "banners" that EU projects usually have in the footer to show their grants/funding, nor is it on a official EU domain. Clearly a not-EU project from first glance.

I don't live in the EU (nor the Americas for that matter) so I'm speaking from first impressions of browsing the site.

I live in the EU and I agree with your first impression. They definitely tried to pass as a typical EU website.

Re: DNS0: The European public DNS that makes your internet safer

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Post by capableweb »

simongray wrote: post #54
capableweb wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Their branding and wording makes it look like they are Because the website is blue and mentions "European Union"? It doesn't say anywhere that it's a official EU project, nor does it contain some of the famous "banners" that EU projects usually have in the footer to show their grants/funding, nor is it on a official EU domain. Clearly a not-EU project from first glance.

It seems like they went through enough trouble to ensure that the page is translated into the official languages of the EU which is usually only something you see on EU websites. For that reason, it does appear official'ish at first glance.

Maybe something is wrong in my browser, but changing the language just changes the tagline at the top, the rest of the body remains untranslated (English), except for French (founders are French) which translates the entire page.

Re: DNS0: The European public DNS that makes your internet safer

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Post by czechdeveloper »

VoodooJuJu wrote: post #57

They make it seem like they're affiliated with the EU, from brand colors, to TLD, and more. But of course they're unaffiliated. Seems intentionally deceptive.

I did not have that feeling and .eu domains quite standard nation-like domain.
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