Comments on: Google Public DNS http://blog.paradigmcc.com/2009/12/04/google-public-dns/ Information technology and security advice for small businesses. Thu, 05 May 2011 16:41:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Josh More http://blog.paradigmcc.com/2009/12/04/google-public-dns/comment-page-1/#comment-38 Josh More Mon, 07 Dec 2009 02:06:19 +0000 http://blog.paradigmcc.com/?p=282#comment-38 The more I've thought about it over the last few years, the more I am convinced that the privacy battle is lost. I think that those of us that are protecting data by trying to keep it out of the hands of others are rapidly coming to a dead end. I think that, instead, the meaning of the term "privacy" is going to shift from referring to having control of personal information to having control over the access to that information. In other words, the data is out there, and there's no getting it back under control. However, I don't care (hypothetically) if my social security and credit card numbers are floating out on the Internet. I care if they are used for nefarious purposes. Similarly, I don't care if Google gets my DNS data. After all, they already have my search data and some of my email data. Instead, I would be worried if they used it to do me harm. Thus far, I see indication that Google is going to do this or, in fact, has done anything like this in the past. The more I’ve thought about it over the last few years, the more I am convinced that the privacy battle is lost. I think that those of us that are protecting data by trying to keep it out of the hands of others are rapidly coming to a dead end.

I think that, instead, the meaning of the term “privacy” is going to shift from referring to having control of personal information to having control over the access to that information. In other words, the data is out there, and there’s no getting it back under control. However, I don’t care (hypothetically) if my social security and credit card numbers are floating out on the Internet. I care if they are used for nefarious purposes.

Similarly, I don’t care if Google gets my DNS data. After all, they already have my search data and some of my email data. Instead, I would be worried if they used it to do me harm. Thus far, I see indication that Google is going to do this or, in fact, has done anything like this in the past.

]]> By: Bill McGonigle http://blog.paradigmcc.com/2009/12/04/google-public-dns/comment-page-1/#comment-37 Bill McGonigle Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:56:27 +0000 http://blog.paradigmcc.com/?p=282#comment-37 They claim they won't correlate and dispose of data after 2 days. It's at least better than the promise Comcast has given me. They claim they won’t correlate and dispose of data after 2 days. It’s at least better than the promise Comcast has given me.

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