Google opened a DNS server for everyone to receive even more personal data

Last week, Google opened a DNS server for everyone. This means that now anyone can make sure that when he introduces the name of the site in the address bar, the ip address of this site was given to him not a provider, but Google. It will also lead to the fact that Google will receive even more personal data.

In particular, he can show his search (with his advertising, of course), when he cannot find a domain name. Or integrate in the DNS your system of detecting evil sites Google Safe Browsing API.

Google can also collect data on which sites users visit. Data on the sites attended, including the geographical place from where the request was made, will be stored at Google for two weeks. The company promises that they will not contact Google accounts and will be stored in depersonalized form.

This will still help the company in one way or another to target advertising (for example, geographically), however, the user gives another portion of Google data - and before deciding on such a step, it is undoubtedly worth thinking about protecting his personal data, the Rformer warns.

Recall, DNS is a system that puts the IP address in line (for example, 195.128.76.189) a domain name (in this case, ruFormator.ru). This system is so important for the current Internet that permanent is held around it - including at the political level - disputes.

Each time the user picks up the domain name in the address bar, the browser turns to the DNS server (most often such a server stands at the provider), which returns the IP address hidden by this name, after which the browser opens the page-the one on which DNS spent it.

The average user makes more than a thousand DNS queries per day (entering the domain into the address line is by no means the only case when such a request is made).

Sometimes a situation arises when the provider DNS is not available. In addition, the provider DNS server is usually not too functional-it can do only what is described above, although in fact, using a competent setting of a DNS server, you can make surfing safer and easier.

So, in particular, you can configure protection from phishing and malware, automatic correction of typos in domain names, implement “white” and “black” lists of domains and install some special page (for example, search) for processing errors when the domain name has not been found. To use such capabilities, you usually need third -party DNS.