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I'm implying that I'm convinced they are not storing statistics on (thus leaking) every queried hostname. By your very own admission, they clearly state that they perform statistics on a set of malicious domains provided by a third party, as part of their blocking program. Additionally they publish a "top 500 domains" list regularly. You're really having a go with the shoehorn if you want "secret domains, like for your work" (read: every distinct domain queried) to fit here.


>I'm implying that I'm convinced they are not storing statistics on (thus leaking) every queried hostname. By your very own admission, they clearly state that they perform statistics on a set of malicious domains provided by a third party, as part of their blocking program.

Right, but the privacy policy also says there's a separate program for "a very few carefully vetted security researchers" where they can get data in "summary form", which can leak domain name in the manner I described in my previous comment. Maybe they have a great IRB (or similar) that would prevent this from happening, but that's not mentioned in the privacy policy. Therefore it's totally in the realm of possibility that secret domain names could be leaked, no "really having a go with the shoehorn" required.




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