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Anyone know much about IT ?
Our cable connection is poor & someone on cableforum suggested I use a different DNS server.
Knowing what one was would be a start.
Anyone...?
do openDNS collect your browsing history and sell it to third parties?
yes yes they do:
Information We Automatically Collect
We may receive and store certain types of non-personally identifiable information whenever you interact with us, including, without limitation, the sort information that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. OpenDNS's purpose in collecting such information is to better understand how OpenDNS's visitors use its website. From time to time, OpenDNS may release non-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in the usage of its website. [u]OpenDNS also collects potentially personally-identifying information like the Internet Protocol (IP) addresses of website visitors.[/u]
...OpenDNS uses cookies to help OpenDNS identify and track visitors...
http://www.opendns.com/privacy/
yes they not only track all your webuse but they also give PERSONALLY IDENTIFYING INFORMATION to their customers. (that could be insurance companies, financial institutions, etc etc)
I WOULD SUGGEST YOU DO NOT TO USE THAT "SERVICE"
plenty of public DNS servers out there. Use at your own risk. There's many more that will accept DNS requests from anywhere because they're badly configured. Again, use at your own risk.
A lot of big ISP's don't restrict inbound DNS requests...
for example... BT....
62.6.40.162
62.6.40.178
194.72.0.98
194.72.0.114
194.72.9.34
194.72.9.38
194.74.65.68
194.74.65.69
do you understand how to point at different DNS servers?