Google launches Public DNS
From the Google Blog post Introducing Google Public DNS:
Today, as part of our ongoing effort to make the web faster, we’re launching our own public DNS resolver called Google Public DNS, and we invite you to try it out.
Most of us aren’t familiar with DNS because it’s often handled automatically by our Internet Service Provider (ISP), but it provides an essential function for the web. You could think of it as the switchboard of the Internet, converting easy-to-remember domain names — e.g., www.google.com — into the unique Internet Protocol (IP) numbers — e.g., 74.125.45.100 — that computers use to communicate with one another.
More about Google’s Public DNS service on the Google Code blog.
As extraspecial posted on Twitter if you value your privacy in the least, you’ll avoid Google DNS like the plague.
Methinks Google has just crossed into Eviland. Actually, they crossed the border many years ago, but I digress.
What about this makes it inherently “evil”?
It's not “inherently” evil. However, Google aggregates user data in ways that make privacy-minded folks shudder. Even as I love using Gmail and my G1, knowing that a good five years of my personal and *very* private data is in Teh Goog's hands makes me pause. And cry a little bit. And note that I shouldn't ever commit a crime because that shit will probably be used against me.
It's the *aggregate* that's the problem. And having access to my DNS look ups is way more intrusive than I want them to be.
Great news
Great news