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Re: US internet providers hijacking users' search queries
From: David Conrad <drc () virtualized org>
Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2011 17:52:19 -1000
Chris, On Aug 8, 2011, at 2:56 PM, Christopher Morrow wrote:
messing with basic plumbing will have unintended consequences, they will be bad. If the users her WANT to have this experience, there are lots of in-browser/application methods to achieve this, hijacking DNS at the resolver is really just NOT the right answer, ever.
See that ship off on the horizon? It appears to have sailed... I'm told that non-trivial revenue is being generated by ISPs who are doing this redirection. As long as that is true, I suspect it's unlikely pointing out how broken hijacking DNS is will be particularly effective. Regards, -drc
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- Re: US internet providers hijacking users' search queries Joe Provo (Aug 05)
- Re: US internet providers hijacking users' search queries Scott Helms (Aug 06)
- Re: US internet providers hijacking users' search queries Owen DeLong (Aug 06)
- Re: US internet providers hijacking users' search queries Joe Provo (Aug 06)
- Re: US internet providers hijacking users' search queries Jimmy Hess (Aug 06)
- Re: US internet providers hijacking users' search queries Scott Helms (Aug 06)
- Re: US internet providers hijacking users' search queries Damian Menscher (Aug 06)
- Re: US internet providers hijacking users' search queries Christopher Morrow (Aug 09)
- Re: US internet providers hijacking users' search queries Cameron Byrne (Aug 09)
- Re: US internet providers hijacking users' search queries Christopher Morrow (Aug 09)
- Re: US internet providers hijacking users' search queries David Conrad (Aug 09)
- Re: US internet providers hijacking users' search queries Christopher Morrow (Aug 09)
- Re: US internet providers hijacking users' search queries Scott Helms (Aug 06)
- Re: US internet providers hijacking users' search queries Joe Provo (Aug 05)
- Re: US internet providers hijacking users' search queries Joe Provo (Aug 09)
- Re: US internet providers hijacking users' search queries Oren Levin (Aug 09)
- Re: US internet providers hijacking users' search queries Christopher Morrow (Aug 09)
- Re: US internet providers hijacking users' search queries Brielle Bruns (Aug 06)