[ubuntu-studio-devel] Internet security - Was: How wide spread is Linux spyware?

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Mon, 13 Jul 2015 20:47:53 +0100, Hakan Koseoglu wrote:
>On 13 July 2015 at 20:16, Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf at alice-dsl.net>
>wrote:
>
>> Is the used /etc/resolv.conf a security risk?
>>
>> I'm not using Google ;), but what I'm using might not be better than
>> Google.
>>
>
>FFS, not every 88 is a shorthand for Heil Hitler...
>Those numbers are legit Google's public DNS services. Apparently they
>were available and they're very easy to remember.

I guess most users are aware that 8888 and 8844 (with dots) are
Google ;), some users dislike Google and like to make jokes about it :p.
It doesn't stop me from indirectly using Google search via
https://startpage.com/ .