Re:Firefox’s Trusted Recursive Resolver DNS feature is dange...
by PappaPatat on Sunday August 05, 2018 @08:49AM
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There are (privacy) pro's and con's to having a small(-ish) ISP. 1: you have a payment relation with your ISP so your identity is 100% known. 2: Operators you know personally might turn against you, as it happens between people.
I use Swisscom (larger ISP here in Switzerland, both for mobile & home connectivity) but damn if I do not encrypt /hide as much traffic (DNS first) as possible to prevent exactly them from being able to see exactly what I do.
I have worked for far larger providers and I have personally investigated 10's of cases where a "roque" operator has fired for "abusing" access to very privacy sensitive data (being it internet access or mobile phone locations etc). As [most of the time|always] in these cases, the offender gets offered a decent exit to prevent (public exposure via) lawsuits so little gets known to the outside world.
In the end it is up to you, but my advice would always be: do not put all your eggs in one basket.
I use Swisscom (larger ISP here in Switzerland, both for mobile & home connectivity) but damn if I do not encrypt /hide as much traffic (DNS first) as possible to prevent exactly them from being able to see exactly what I do.
I have worked for far larger providers and I have personally investigated 10's of cases where a "roque" operator has fired for "abusing" access to very privacy sensitive data (being it internet access or mobile phone locations etc). As [most of the time|always] in these cases, the offender gets offered a decent exit to prevent (public exposure via) lawsuits so little gets known to the outside world.
In the end it is up to you, but my advice would always be: do not put all your eggs in one basket.