Paul Vixie (DNS pioneer) complains about Chromecast hard coded to use Google DNS

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lchiu7

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#246677 16-Feb-2019 17:11

https://www.businessinsider.com.au/paul-vixie-blasts-google-chromecast-2019-2?r=US&IR=T

I must admit I noticed that also and it was preventing me from doing things so I also blocked it (probably not the same way as Paul did since he is way more clued up than me :-) )

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#2181342 16-Feb-2019 21:40

On one hand, he should not be surprised.

On the other, he's right to make noise about it. The Chromecast is just a little bit too 'black boxy' sometimes.

Being able to force it to use prescribed DNS servers is a pretty basic function that it should just have. No arguments.

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#2181361 16-Feb-2019 22:02

What about DNS over HTTPS? It's pretty much an API now.

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#2181433 17-Feb-2019 09:59

From distant memory I think the Android Netflix app also has Google's DNS hardcoded and that was an attempt to stop people viewing Netflix in a different region where they are located.

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#2181507 17-Feb-2019 14:23

I dont even know why they need DNS to use DNS on a device like that where they control both ends of it. Only needs DNS to find its entry to the chromecast server and the rest can be done over their own stuff where he cant see it even if he wanted to.

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