Running a privacy-focused public DNS service is a highly specialized undertaking, and the Quad9 Foundation is the undisputed leader in the field. Rather than duplicating their efforts to achieve only part of what they do, we’re putting those resources toward financially supporting Quad9 instead.
Adguard is a Russian company that pretends to be Cypriot.
Thanks for letting me know. There was some sketchiness with a dot com site being Cypriot, like maybe it was for tax purposes, rights or something, but I hadn’t investigated it too much.
No problem! Technically they ARE a Cypriot company (and probably even hire in the EU now and have to obey GDPR and stuff), but historically it’s been founded in Moscow. And personally I would consider even historical ties to authoritarian countries a red flag.
But, like, they only were founded on Moscow, or they had proven links with the Russian government? Because these are two distinct things.
I mean, one might be founded on an authoritarian country but not support any of its shit. Or even fight against it. If I had the resources, that’s what I’d do at least.
I ask sincerely because I don’t know too much about their story and I don’t have energy to research tho.
At least I’ve never used them because I didn’t like the part that an important part of their infrastructure is closed-source.