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General Category => Science, Technology and Knowledge => Topic started by: endicom on June 18, 2018, 01:50:29 pm
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Market Watch
Kari Paul
June 18, 2018
With just a few clicks, you could better arm yourself against hackers and block advertisers from tracking you online.
Cybercrime is projected to cost the global economy more than $2 trillion a year by 2019 according to market analysts Juniper Research, and many of those scams start with phishing — tricking people into clicking on nefarious links through legitimate-looking emails.
An easy way to block these attacks: Change the Domain Name System (DNS) that your computer uses. Most computers connect to the DNS that’s automatically set by their internet service providers, but there are safer alternatives.
More... https://www.marketwatch.com/story/this-30-second-change-to-your-computer-settings-is-the-easiest-way-to-stop-hackers-2018-06-12 (https://www.marketwatch.com/story/this-30-second-change-to-your-computer-settings-is-the-easiest-way-to-stop-hackers-2018-06-12)
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opendns is another good one.
This is a really good way. Depending on the provider this can also be used to keep the internet more child friendly.
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Unless, of course, your hand-picked DNS server gets pw3nd.
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Unless, of course, your hand-picked DNS server gets pw3nd.
True, I've also had trouble with Verizon blocking other DNS providers. Trying to force me to use theirs.