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Court Orders Google to Poison Public DNS to Prevent IPTV Piracy. (torrentfreak.com)

submitted 2 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Last December the Court of Milan ordered Cloudflare to block sites added to Italy's Piracy Shield system. Cloudflare sees itself as a neutral intermediary but increasingly frustrated rightsholders say it should play a more active role by assisting their fight against piracy. A decision issued by the same court now requires Google to poison its Public DNS to prevent access to pirate sites. It was handed down on March 11 without Google being heard in the matter.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Like I said prior, there is nuance to be had here.

We agree that Google products are generally a honeypot (good products that lure you in), but which products are honeypots are important.

You very likely want to avoid Chrome, Gemini, and Google Search - but 8.8.8.8 is not a honeypot, it is a loss-leader. You will be lured in from 8.8.8.8 if you say "huh. this is a great service. is there anymore?", but 8.8.8.8 itself is not a malignant service.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 21 hours ago

Their EULA states that they log all traffic (originating IP, requested url, and destination IP). for "business purposes" (at least, the last time I read it). Seems like a honeypot to me...