A privacy-first DNS resolver just chose to leave an entire country rather than lie to its users. Quad9 is shutting off its free DNS service in France on November 24, after a French court ordered it to block domains that BeIN Sports claimed were facilitating sports piracy. Quad9 refused. "We categorically refuse to alter or lie to you about the DNS responses you receive in a way that opposes your expectations." The court had actually reduced the fine to just €1,000 per day. Quad9 still walked away. Because the real problem was not the fine. It was the precedent. Complying would mean either applying French copyright law to Quad9's global DNS infrastructure, or using geo-blocking methods that Quad9 considers technically unreliable and ethically compromised. Either way, the integrity of the service breaks. This is what it looks like when a privacy tool takes its mission seriously. Most services would have quietly blocked the domains and moved on. Quad9 chose to exit instead 👏

To accompany the TrueCrypt revival, I wrote a blog post where I attempt to address the questions people will inevitably ask about rights, licensing and trademark. Please read. I do my best to address important matters in a respectful, dignified manner. chrisjonesunixmen.hashnode.d…

The PHP security team is giving advance notice: Upcoming security release Wed, Oct 21st 2026, 14:00UTC, two critical vulnerabilities, both rated CVSSv4 9.2. PHP users are encouraged to prepare to update. Earlier release if details become public or active exploit evidence.

Our search portal has received in excess of 75k hits in the past 30 days. For a web search portal almost nobody has heard of, even we're impressed! Perhaps people actually do care about privacy.