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Re:My Chromecast Ultra would not start until I began answeri... by kllrnohj on Saturday February 16, 2019 @01:13PM (#19179974)
> By forcing you to use their DNS service, they can track every non-Google DNS query you make as well, which is all tied to your IP address.

It's a Chromecast. You literally can't make non-Google queries on it at all in the first place.

So what, exactly, is the privacy concern here? What specific flow of events does the Chromecast using 8.8.8.8 impact your privacy?

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Re:My Chromecast Ultra would not start until I began answeri... by markstos on Sunday February 17, 2019 @06:44AM (#19183967)
Chromecast allows casting any tab, with any URL, not just Google properties.
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Re:My Chromecast Ultra would not start until I began answeri... by kllrnohj on Monday February 18, 2019 @06:35PM (#19195490)
Which is a video stream. The Chromecast itself isn't doing squat but playing a video.
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