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photon · 11-14-2012, 08:31 AM

I think security and privacy both are somewhat of a concern with an unblockus style service. For example they could hijack the DNS lookup for something common and inject their own content designed to attack a system (serve up web pages with malicious code for example), or log your DNS lookups to track what you do.

People would probably figure it out really quickly if they were doing it though, so it's probably safe.

For my PC though I use an program called DNS Jumper to change my DNS settings and only set it to unblockus for when I need it. For something like a console or a boxee it's less of an issue as attacking those would probably be more difficult and for no especially good reason.

11-14-2012, 08:31 AM	#893
photon The new goggles also do nothing. Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Calgary Exp:	I think security and privacy both are somewhat of a concern with an unblockus style service. For example they could hijack the DNS lookup for something common and inject their own content designed to attack a system (serve up web pages with malicious code for example), or log your DNS lookups to track what you do. People would probably figure it out really quickly if they were doing it though, so it's probably safe. For my PC though I use an program called DNS Jumper to change my DNS settings and only set it to unblockus for when I need it. For something like a console or a boxee it's less of an issue as attacking those would probably be more difficult and for no especially good reason. __________________ Uncertainty is an uncomfortable position. But certainty is an absurd one.