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Re: What should I change my DNS to?

From	F Volker <here@home.net>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.networking
Subject	Re: What should I change my DNS to?
Date	2016-09-08 09:43 +0700
Organization	Aioe.org NNTP Server
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On 09/08/2016 08:10 AM, Carlos E. R. wrote:

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> Well, it is an obvious side effect of using an VPN.

Yes, a fair assessment. However, I did not realise the side effect is or 
would be selective.

> Your provider,
> outlook.com, thinks that it is not you because it looks as if you are
> accessing from a location very far away from the one you did last time.

So much for travelling fast to and from locations :)
When completing/confirming my last activity Microsoft ask among other 
things if "this devise is used frequently" which I respond to 'yes'. But 
it evidently does not 'remember' my [check mark].

> Why you use an VPN to access your email,

Absolutely no reason whatsoever! Sometimes I forget for being connected 
to the vpn server.

 > I don't understand.

These annoying incidents aroused my curiosity hence my inquiry.

> Unless you think your provider is spying on you...

IMHO, spying on e-mails is a concern and should not marginalised, taken 
likely or tolerated in any way alas it is in fact a realistic 
occurrence. Nobody I know would freely offer his/her e-mail address for 
me to read the content no matter how 'innocent' the pennings.

 > but then you use a
 > mail provider from USA, which means that the NSA reads it, anyway.

If I were still young and boisterous I'd use a different system, browser 
and e-mail provider (Tails, Tor and Proton spring into my mind).

>> I find it strange that my g-mail accounts don't behave this way but then
>> again it may be an inferior e-mail provider.
>
> No, it is not. It is probably more clever at guessing. And uses other
> methods, like oauth2. Gmail may in fact send an SMS to your phone to
> check it is really you.

Gmail does not have my phone number. If it can't be fixed then I just 
have to either switch to an other e-mail provider or discipline myself 
and remember on which server am currently connected and avoid accessing 
my e-mail accounts while connected to the vpn server.

Thread

What should I change my DNS to? F Volker <here@home.net> - 2016-09-06 06:32 +0700
  Re: What should I change my DNS to? Moe Trin <ibuprofin@painkiller.example.tld.invalid> - 2016-09-06 03:35 +0000
    Re: What should I change my DNS to? F Volker <here@home.net> - 2016-09-06 13:48 +0700
      Re: What should I change my DNS to? William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2016-09-06 07:25 +0000
        Re: What should I change my DNS to? F Volker <here@home.net> - 2016-09-06 14:53 +0700
          Re: What should I change my DNS to? Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2016-09-06 09:40 +0000
          Re: What should I change my DNS to? William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2016-09-06 10:35 +0000
            Re: What should I change my DNS to? Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2016-09-06 11:09 +0000
            Re: What should I change my DNS to? F Volker <here@home.net> - 2016-09-07 08:53 +0700
              Re: What should I change my DNS to? William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2016-09-07 08:24 +0000
                Re: What should I change my DNS to? "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@invalid.es> - 2016-09-07 14:02 +0200
                Re: What should I change my DNS to? F Volker <here@home.net> - 2016-09-08 06:42 +0700
                Re: What should I change my DNS to? "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@invalid.es> - 2016-09-08 03:10 +0200
                Re: What should I change my DNS to? F Volker <here@home.net> - 2016-09-08 09:43 +0700
          Re: What should I change my DNS to?  (combined response) Moe Trin <ibuprofin@painkiller.example.tld.invalid> - 2016-09-06 21:36 +0000
            Re: What should I change my DNS to? (combined response) "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@invalid.es> - 2016-09-07 00:48 +0200
              Re: What should I change my DNS to? (combined response) William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2016-09-07 08:18 +0000
                Re: What should I change my DNS to? (combined response) "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@invalid.es> - 2016-09-07 14:08 +0200
                Re: What should I change my DNS to? (combined response) Moe Trin <ibuprofin@painkiller.example.tld.invalid> - 2016-09-07 21:52 +0000
                Re: What should I change my DNS to? (combined response) "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@invalid.es> - 2016-09-08 00:52 +0200
            Re: What should I change my DNS to? (combined response) F Volker <here@home.net> - 2016-09-07 09:13 +0700
              Re: What should I change my DNS to? (combined response) "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@invalid.es> - 2016-09-07 04:26 +0200
                Re: What should I change my DNS to? (combined response) F Volker <here@home.net> - 2016-09-07 09:41 +0700
                Re: What should I change my DNS to? (combined response) "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@invalid.es> - 2016-09-07 14:11 +0200
                Re: What should I change my DNS to? (combined response) F Volker <here@home.net> - 2016-09-07 10:59 +0700
                Re: What should I change my DNS to? (combined response) Moe Trin <ibuprofin@painkiller.example.tld.invalid> - 2016-09-07 06:53 +0000
                Re: What should I change my DNS to? (combined response) Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2016-09-07 11:02 +0000
                Re: What should I change my DNS to? (combined response) "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@invalid.es> - 2016-09-07 14:21 +0200
                Re: What should I change my DNS to? (combined response) Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2016-09-07 14:09 +0000
                Re: What should I change my DNS to? (combined response) "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@invalid.es> - 2016-09-07 21:53 +0200
                Re: What should I change my DNS to? (combined response) Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2016-09-08 11:06 +0000
                Re: What should I change my DNS to? (combined response) "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@invalid.es> - 2016-09-08 15:22 +0200
              Re: What should I change my DNS to? (combined response) Moe Trin <ibuprofin@painkiller.example.tld.invalid> - 2016-09-07 06:55 +0000
                Re: What should I change my DNS to? (combined response) F Volker <here@home.net> - 2016-09-07 14:27 +0700
                Re: What should I change my DNS to? (combined response) "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@invalid.es> - 2016-09-07 14:28 +0200
                Re: What should I change my DNS to? (combined response) Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2016-09-07 09:32 -0400
                Re: What should I change my DNS to? (combined response) Moe Trin <ibuprofin@painkiller.example.tld.invalid> - 2016-09-07 21:50 +0000
              Re: What should I change my DNS to? (combined response) William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2016-09-07 08:29 +0000
            Re: What should I change my DNS to? (combined response) F Volker <here@home.net> - 2016-09-08 10:15 +0700
              Re: What should I change my DNS to? (combined response) Moe Trin <ibuprofin@painkiller.example.tld.invalid> - 2016-09-08 19:34 +0000
                Re: What should I change my DNS to? (combined response) "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@invalid.es> - 2016-09-09 03:56 +0200
                Re: What should I change my DNS to? (combined response) Moe Trin <ibuprofin@painkiller.example.tld.invalid> - 2016-09-09 20:55 +0000
                Re: What should I change my DNS to? (combined response) "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@invalid.es> - 2016-09-10 02:47 +0200
                Re: What should I change my DNS to? (combined response) Bit Twister <BitTwister@mouse-potato.com> - 2016-09-10 08:27 +0000
                Re: What should I change my DNS to? (combined response) Moe Trin <ibuprofin@painkiller.example.tld.invalid> - 2016-09-10 22:53 +0000
      Re: What should I change my DNS to? "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@invalid.es> - 2016-09-06 13:35 +0200
        Re: What should I change my DNS to? Aragorn <thorongil@telenet.be.invalid> - 2016-09-06 14:06 +0200
          Re: What should I change my DNS to? "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@invalid.es> - 2016-09-06 14:27 +0200
            Re: What should I change my DNS to? Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2016-09-06 13:03 +0000
              Re: What should I change my DNS to? "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@invalid.es> - 2016-09-06 17:01 +0200
                Re: What should I change my DNS to? Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2016-09-06 16:25 +0000
                Re: What should I change my DNS to? Tauno Voipio <tauno.voipio@notused.fi.invalid> - 2016-09-06 21:37 +0300
                Re: What should I change my DNS to? "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@invalid.es> - 2016-09-06 23:42 +0200
        Re: What should I change my DNS to? F Volker <here@home.net> - 2016-09-07 09:26 +0700
      Re: What should I change my DNS to? Roger Blake <rogblake@iname.invalid> - 2016-09-06 12:54 +0000
        Re: What should I change my DNS to? F Volker <here@home.net> - 2016-09-07 09:28 +0700
          Re: What should I change my DNS to? William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2016-09-07 08:25 +0000
        Re: What should I change my DNS to? Moe Trin <ibuprofin@painkiller.example.tld.invalid> - 2016-09-07 03:29 +0000

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