Kinda off-topic, but why do you use Google's DNS (8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4)? Unless I'm missing something, by doing so you are basically giving them a record of every domain you access. I don't really trust my ISP either, but why share that information with anyone else (especially a company with great interest in data mining everyone)?
Despite being a (bit of a) privacy enthusiast, I still use Google's DNS servers, for a few reasons:
1. I use chrome. If I didn't use Google DNS, they'd be able to track 90-99% of my internet usage just by watching what domains I visit in chrome. The remaining portion is e.g. irc, usenet, xmpp, ssh, etc, that doesn't go through chrome. I could use firefox or opera or w3m or telnet or whatever, but I like chrome.
3. I work at YouTube (owned by Google), so I get to see the internal temperament and discussions regarding privacy, data safety, PII, and so on. I'm comfortable letting Google have this data.
We built Google Public DNS to make the web faster and to retain as little information about usage as we could, while still being able to detect and fix problems. Google Public DNS does not permanently store personally identifiable information.[1]
More details about exactly what is logged at [1]. As for why, speed and security are the main benefits touted [2].
