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Google mission is to organize the world's information. With Google now offering free public DNS service, this adds another set of tools for them to do just that and more.

What can Google learn from users of its DNS service?

Google would be able to figure out where you geographically are located at (even when you aren't using their Google search engine). How often you are on line. What web sites you visit. How often you visit them (e.g. would be able to tell how many people are using Hotmail or Yahoo mail instead of Gmail). Could it intentionally delay performance of lookups for say Hotmail?

Enter... Chrome OS

Now, let's assume that Google decides to use it's own DNS servers on these Chrome OS netbooks. Instant big brother monitoring capabilities for thousands and thousands of unsuspecting users. What do you guys think?