French Internet Privacy Erosion — DNS Services Depart
France is losing two privacy-first DNS resolvers (Mullvad and Quad9) within three weeks, leaving users dependent on Google or Cloudflare.
What we know
An account on X reports Mullvad's free public DNS closes November 2 and Quad9 exits France on November 24 — the latter leaving by principle after a court-ordered fine was reduced from €580K to €1K/day but Quad9 still refused to falsify DNS responses to comply with French content-blocking rules. Most replacement tutorials point to Cloudflare or Google, both US entities already subject to broad data obligations.
By the Global Eye 24 desk, with AI assistance. Updated as the story develops. Spot an error? Write to corrections@globaleye24.com.