Re:Google knows where we are, and so do advertisers
by ignoramous on Thursday November 12, 2020 @10:26AM
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Private DNS (DNS over TLS) also sends metrics to a Google endpoint on every network change, as a way to detect connectivity. AOSP is truly a surveillance software.
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Re:Google knows where we are, and so do advertisers
by rasz on Thursday November 12, 2020 @12:49PM
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Chrome used to have this neat little "helper" hidden in src/net/dns/host_resolver_impl.cc that would just by coincidence call hardcoded 8.8.8.8 every time DNS reply didnt contain A record, all behind the guise of "helping resolve navigation errors". Propagated to all other browsers using same codebase.
https://www.reddit.com/r/vivaldibrowser/comments/a23071/how_...
Looking it up now they rewrote this part of the browser, and either moved it somewhere else or obfuscated it better.