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Re:Cloudflare flags archive.today as "C&C/Botnet"; no longer... by akerl_ on Sunday March 22, 2026 @07:50AM (#47476558)
How does that differ from Quad9? You’re subject to Swiss laws, so there’s still a government involved? And you’re now hosted in an area where the US government has far fewer limitations on what they can attempt.
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Re:Cloudflare flags archive.today as "C&C/Botnet"; no longer... by Kwpolska on Sunday March 22, 2026 @08:57AM (#47477040)
Quad9 is based in Switzerland, but the three founders-sponsors are US-based [0], so I’m not sure if it can be considered 100% safe from US government intervention.

[0] https://quad9.net/about/sponsors/

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Re:Cloudflare flags archive.today as "C&C/Botnet"; no longer... by KomoD on Sunday March 22, 2026 @09:27AM (#47477322)
The ASN and stuff is also operated by a US entity it seems like:

  ASHandle:       AS19281
  Street:         CleanerDNS Inc. dba Quad9
  Street:         1442A Walnut Street, Suite 501
  City:           Berkeley
  State/Prov:     CA
  Country:        US
They also have servers in the US, so that's yet another reason not to consider them "100% safe from US government intervention"
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Re:Cloudflare flags archive.today as "C&C/Botnet"; no longer... by akerl_ on Sunday March 22, 2026 @09:00AM (#47477065)
Also a quick search suggests that Switzerland has made Internet providers in-country block DNS results in the past.
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