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Say (an encrypted) hello to a more private internet. (infosec.exchange)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Say (an encrypted) hello to a more private internet.

https://blog.mozilla.org/en/products/firefox/encrypted-hello/

Nothing big, but kinda interesting. I'm excited to see how this will go 👀

#privacy #mozilla #firefox @privacy

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So if I understand it correctly, with this scheme the traffic between my computer and the DNS server is encrypted and so my internet provider won't know which websites I'm visiting?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

DNS of HTTPS or TLS has been available for years, but it hasn't been adopted widely because the hello at the beginning if the three way handshake when connecting to a website ratted you out to your ISP anyways.