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Malaysia to redirect DNS traffic to ISP DNS servers (thesun.my)

submitted 1 week ago by tun@lemm.ee to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) has instructed Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to redirect Domain Name Service (DNS) traffic that uses third-party DNS servers back to their own DNS servers

MCMC has blocked a total of 24,277 websites between between 2018 to Aug 1, classified into various categories, which are online gambling (39 per cent), pornography/obscene content (31 per cent), copyright infringement (14 per cent), other harmful sites (12 per cent), prostitution (two per cent) and unlawful investments/scams (two per cent).

“It has been falsely claimed that the measure undertaken by MCMC is a draconian measure. We reiterate that Malaysia’s implementation is for the protection of vulnerable groups from harmful online content.

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[–] Buelldozer 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Edit: if you are going to downvote at least explain if you got a counter point, otherwise it seems y’all just butthurt haha

Okay.

How is this different from US ISP bootstrapping peasant grade internet?

Whatabout-ism is annoying AF.
How is nationwide re-configuring of DNS to enable censorship different than "bootstrapping peasant grade internet" is a dumb question on it's face.
I'm sitting in the middle of Wyoming sending this comment via a 2Gb/s fiber optic connection. This is not "peasant grade".

So basically you are getting downvoted because your comment is irrelevant 'Murica bashing.

Now you know.

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org -1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

My internet being bootstrapped by ISP is very much relevant especially considering that most of Lemmy is US based and likely doesn't know what their ISP does

But thanks for being honest

[–] Buelldozer 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

My internet being bootstrapped by ISP...

Seriously, what does "bootstrapped" mean in this context?

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

ISP will hijack unencrypted DNS request made by your router for your "safety"

In practice they log your DNS queries and sell this data.

[–] Buelldozer 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Okay that I'm aware of but I've never heard of it referred to as "bootstrapping". Thanks for the explanation.