Re: Google's DNS-Over-TLS Plans Scrutinized By US Congress

On Mon, 30 Sep 2019 15:12:18 +1300, Peter Reutemann quoted:

> 'Google's plans to implement DNS over TLS in Chrome are being
> investigated by a committee in the U.S. House of Representatives,
> while the Justice Department has "recently received complaints" about
> the practice, according to the Wall Street Journal.'

This article
<https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/09/isps-worry-a-new-chrome-feature-will-stop-them-from-spying-on-you/>
says Google are going to implement DNS-over-HTTPS (like Mozilla), not
DNS-over-TLS. The latter are still distinguishable as DNS queries,
while the former just become an inseparable part of HTTPS traffic.

Either way, it will block another avenue for ISPs to snoop on their
users:

    In any event, it's hard to see a policy problem here. ISPs' ability
    to eavesdrop on their customers' DNS queries is little more than an
    historical accident. In recent years, websites across the Internet
    have adopted SSL encryption for the contents of their sites. The
    encryption of DNS is the natural next step toward a more secure
    Internet. It may require some painful adjustments by ISPs, but that
    hardly seems like a reason for policymakers to block the change.
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