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NHS contact tracing app isn't really anonymous, is riddled with bugs, and is open to abuse. Good thing we're not in the middle of a pandemic, eh?

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Re: Why, oh why...

Well, lets start with the fact that your "domain server on 8.8.8.8" is google's public "free" DNS resolution server, which is almost certainly logging all your DNS resolutions to build an advertising profile against your IP / MAC address.

Other DNS providers are available, for example OpenDNS, who are likely to be much less stalkery than the big G.

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