Ask HN: Considering the privacy discussion about OnHub, what DNS do HNers use?

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Most HNers are worried about the privacy implications of using OnHub[1]. That got me thinking: I'm using Google DNS, which basically gives Google almost all of my traffic anyway. The alternatives (OpenDNS, ISP's DNS, etc) aren't much better. In that case, what do HNers use?

[1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10080065

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You could use an unrelated provider's DNS servers.

Cogent's are 66.28.0.45, 66.28.0.61

Level 3's are 4.2.2.1, 4.2.2.2

Hurricane Electric's is 74.82.42.42

Windstream's are 166.102.165.13, 207.91.5.20

Time Warner Cable's are 209.18.47.61, 209.18.47.62

O1 Communications' are 69.19.190.116, 66.81.1.252

I use OpenDNS, primarily for it's content filtering capabilities (but also because I've benchmarked it to be faster than my ISP's DNS responses).

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