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Re:Improving DNS Privacy in Firefox by orf on Friday June 01, 2018 @09:30AM (#17205075)
Your OS does not support it.
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Re:Improving DNS Privacy in Firefox by 0xffff2 on Friday June 01, 2018 @11:35AM (#17206287)
That doesn't mean it's suddenly in scope for a browser. The solution would be for the OS to support it, not for the browser to do an end-run around the OS's DNS settings.
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Re:Improving DNS Privacy in Firefox by orf on Friday June 01, 2018 @11:43AM (#17206395)
It is exactly in scope for a browser. The whole point is to stop your ISP getting your browsing history.

Sure, would be nice for the OS to support it, but until that future point why wait.

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Re:Improving DNS Privacy in Firefox by 0xffff2 on Friday June 01, 2018 @06:11PM (#17210905)
>Sure, would be nice for the OS to support it, but until that future point why wait.

Because with the current system I can configure my DNS to my liking at my router and it propagates to all devices. Replacing that with a system where after every Firefox update I have to double check whether Firefox is still doing what I want on all devices is a total pain in the ass by comparison.

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