But isn't Google's business collecting user data and then providing assistance to other companies that may want to stuff trash ads down your throat?
Google's search engine is not an "internet standard". Being the default on Chrome, that is in effect what this DNS querying behaviour is protecting. Protecting Google "search via the address bar" is also the raison d'etre for Google Public DNS. Back in 2008/2009, this type of "search" was being hijacked by OpenDNS.
The solution to not having DNS "hijacked" is to have more user control of DNS. Letting users select a third party DNS provider is better than no choice at all, but that is not really control. The third party still has control. Unfortunately, full user control -- the best solution to stop hijacking and other DNS tricks -- is not what Google and others are promoting.
By design, I have no entries for certain Google domains in the zone files I use on the LAN. I have seen how much involuntary DNS traffic there is from Chrome and other Google software 24/7 (including queries for these random strings). It is significant, even for just one user. Why don't they provide an option to turn this off.
Google collecting user data for ads is a different issue from ISPs intercepting DNS requests, and then hijacking the response. You are conflating two different issues.
And can't you select your DNS provider in Chrome by going to Settings > Security > Advanced > DNS Stuff
Google's search engine is not an "internet standard". Being the default on Chrome, that is in effect what this DNS querying behaviour is protecting. Protecting Google "search via the address bar" is also the raison d'etre for Google Public DNS. Back in 2008/2009, this type of "search" was being hijacked by OpenDNS.
The solution to not having DNS "hijacked" is to have more user control of DNS. Letting users select a third party DNS provider is better than no choice at all, but that is not really control. The third party still has control. Unfortunately, full user control -- the best solution to stop hijacking and other DNS tricks -- is not what Google and others are promoting.
By design, I have no entries for certain Google domains in the zone files I use on the LAN. I have seen how much involuntary DNS traffic there is from Chrome and other Google software 24/7 (including queries for these random strings). It is significant, even for just one user. Why don't they provide an option to turn this off.