Re: OpenDNS safer or not?

Barry Margolin wrote:


It's only a security risk if it's doing so without your knowledge,
consent, or control. IIUC, this is a user-configurable option, so you
have control.


AFAICS this is without your control.

And if you use OpenDNS because you *want* this type of
protection, then it's with your consent.


It is within your consent if they add sites on their censorship list which
are not related to phishing at all, and this without your knowledge?

Your comment is like claiming that a firewall is a security risk because
it causes Denial of Service when it prevents you from accessing certain
sites or using some applications.

It is. A firewall shouldn't do such a thing.
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