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UK ISP group names Mozilla 'Internet Villain' for supporting 'DNS-over-HTTPS'
The trade association for internet service providers in the UK has nominated Mozilla for this year's award of "Internet Villain" because of the browser maker's plans to support the DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH) protocol in its Firefox browser. In a statement published this week, the Internet Services Providers Association (ISPAUK) claimed that Mozilla plans to support DNS-over-HTTPS "in such a way as to bypass UK filtering obligations and parental controls, undermining internet safety standards in the UK."
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I don't see why ISPs should be worried about the failure of a protocol legally enforced on them. I can see why governments might. I can also see why ISPs might begrudge the privacy this would give users but that is actually very worrying. What are ISPs currently gaining with all that user data that they don't want to lose?