My Chromecast Ultra would not start until I began answering 8.8.8.8

Re:My Chromecast Ultra would not start until I began answeri... by kilroy123 on Friday February 15, 2019 @09:19AM (#19171064)

Personally, I think they kind of _are_. I now no longer point to or use Google's DNS because of this. Call me paranoid.

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Re:My Chromecast Ultra would not start until I began answeri... by scrollaway on Friday February 15, 2019 @11:54AM (#19172434)

For what it's worth I don't think that's paranoid at all. You don't want to deal with Google, so you don't introduce them to your network, that's reasonable.

What is paranoid IMO is some commenters' (as well as seemingly Paul Vixie's) implication that Google does this trick with the Chromecast to better spy on people, which completely goes against Occam's Razor.

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Re:My Chromecast Ultra would not start until I began answeri... by cwkoss on Friday February 15, 2019 @02:18PM (#19173828)

I mean, spying on people is the foundation of their entire ad market. They have means and motive, the only question is whether they've followed through.

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