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Comment by hirako2000

6 months ago

Because that would be subject to the whim of the provider, who subject to court orders would have to oblige to continue operating as US entity.

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akerl_  6 months ago

How does that differ from Quad9? You’re subject to Swiss laws, so there’s still a government involved? And you’re now hosted in an area where the US government has far fewer limitations on what they can attempt.

  • Kwpolska  6 months ago

    Quad9 is based in Switzerland, but the three founders-sponsors are US-based [0], so I’m not sure if it can be considered 100% safe from US government intervention.

    [0] https://quad9.net/about/sponsors/

    • KomoD  6 months ago

      The ASN and stuff is also operated by a US entity it seems like:

        ASHandle:       AS19281
  Street:         CleanerDNS Inc. dba Quad9
  Street:         1442A Walnut Street, Suite 501
  City:           Berkeley
  State/Prov:     CA
  Country:        US

      They also have servers in the US, so that's yet another reason not to consider them "100% safe from US government intervention"

    • akerl_  6 months ago

      Also a quick search suggests that Switzerland has made Internet providers in-country block DNS results in the past.