diff --git a/n/dns.md b/n/dns.md index bb29901..f83b723 100644 --- a/n/dns.md +++ b/n/dns.md @@ -281,6 +281,51 @@ dig +short TXT whoami-ecs.v4.powerdns.org. - Note: [Cloudflare sends ECS only for `whoami.ds.akahelp.net`, nowhere else](https://developers.cloudflare.com/1.1.1.1/faq/#does-1.1.1.1-send-edns-client-subnet-header). + ### Why I chose ECS? + + The primary argument against ECS is that it leaks your IP address. This folows + line of thought that IP address maps to a single individual, which is wrong + and which the [Open Wireless movement](https://openwireless.org) seeks to + challenge. + + If anyone comes asking, I can say that I run a + [openwireless.org](https://openwireless.org) access point and have been doing + so for years enthustiastically, while I am afraid I am of a very small + minority doing so. Then again many run open networks without being aware of + being parts of the movement. The [openwireless.org](https://openwireless.org) + website has many myths and FAQs, which accidentally somewhat apply to ECS as + well. + +Can I prove my claim on running a open network? + +- There are a decade old + [issues](https://github.com/EFForg/OpenWireless/issues/created_by/Mikaela?q=author%3AMikaela) + and + [comments](https://github.com/EFForg/OpenWireless/issues/created_by/Mikaela?q=commenter%3AMikaela) + from me and while some have aged not so well or I otherwise feel embarassed + about them, they demonstrate I have had interest on open networks for a long + time. +- You hopefully cannot find my networks from public WiFi location services, + since + [I have written about being paranoid about them in 2015](https://github.com/Mikaela/mikaela.github.io/blob/d1e0609ec79c5e6bba06eda8db3dced66835fbfa/_posts/2015-11-29-SSID_optout_nomap.md), + which turned out to be justified in 2018 and 2024, and I encourage you to + check out the [current iteration of that page](/n/nomap.html) +- I tried to write a final assignment on WiFi security in 2024. While I burnt + out, [it's available on GitHub](https://github.com/Mikaela/wifi-security.tex/) + and hopefully manages to communicate that WiFi is inherently insecure, someone + is going to break into it if they really want to sooner or later and your best + bet is running an open network in addition to your main one, since it's easier + to prove than an attack, and never trust your router and secure all your + devices as well. + +I realize these are very unpopular opinions that often get mocked, but I have +stood behind them for a decade, no one has convinced me otherwise. And I am +going to be visible with open networks although likely less so than LGBT\*, but +that is another subject anyway. + +_This subheading was written on 2025-12-30 while suffering migraine, but this +has been on my mind on occassion anyway._ + --- ## CLI applications