On Wed, Jan 22, 2025 at 12:34:20PM +0100, Frank Guthausen wrote:

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> Yes, the protocol used here is DoH or ``DNS over HTTPS''[1] which is
> specified in RFC 8484[2]. This is a bypass for local network settings
> which might not allow to ask external DNS servers as in the example
> above. Since local dial-up connections usually depend on the ISPs DNS
> server, DoH can circumvent manipulation by the ISP as quite common in
> Germany and the EU. However, IANAL and I don't know in which cases it
> might be not legal to circumvent lawful censorship.

It just replaces one bully by another bully. I won't bet on Google not
manipulating its DoH lookups once that starts improving their bottom
line.

Cheers
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