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* ...provider is intercepting the connection and injecting broken JavaScript Who the hell puts up with stuff like this? Is this real? If so, time to switch p
by josteink 10y ago
* ...provider is intercepting the connection and injecting broken JavaScript
Who the hell puts up with stuff like this? Is this real?
If so, time to switch provider. Really.
- joelanman 10y agoit's real: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10795344 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10795344
- robin_reala 10y agoSee also: https://www.mysociety.org/2011/08/11/mobile-operators-breaking-content/ https://www.mysociety.org/2011/08/11/mobile-operators-breaki... where O2 stripped JS comments, without checking to see whether those comment delimiters were part of a string.
- DanBC 10y agoI think all mobile providers in UK do it, especially around downgrading images.
- josteink 10y agoAt that point I would either be switching providers to someone who didn't mangle my signal (because that's effectively what this is), or if that for some reason wasn't doable, I would at least install a VPN to a known secure, untampered connection (like my home router) and route everything through that connection. Having someone intercept my signal and process it behind my back is simply not something I would tolerate from any communications-service provider I employ.
- paublyrne 10y agoYou are part of a tiny minority who has the technical interest / proficiency to do this.
- moreati 10y agoTo my knowledge Three UK doesn't. That's based on using them and not noticing any degradation, or the click-to-view-original-quality javascript that T-Mobile were (are?) injecting.
- theandrewbailey 10y agoThe user might not have another provider capable of fulfilling their needs. Either too laggy, too slow, too expensive, unacceptable data caps, or not mobile. It's completely possible for the user to live in an area where slow DSL is their only broadband option, the cell phone signal is weak, and the user can't afford satellite.
- robin_reala 10y ago…locked in on a contract for 2 years, provided for them by their company, provided for them by their family, etc etc.
- mattnewton 10y agoYes, the unfortunate reality is a lot of places have de-facto monopolies in the US, but the monopolies get to claim there is still a free market by pointing to dial up or spotty satellite connections.
- markdown 10y agoVodafone (Fiji) used to do this. They did honour the 'Cache-Control: no-transform' header though, so every site I build now includes that directive.
- aarongustafson 10y agoComcast: https://www.aaron-gustafson.com/notebook/the-network-effect/ https://www.aaron-gustafson.com/notebook/the-network-effect/ Some also block JS (sometimes accidentally). Remember Sky? https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jan/28/sky-broadband-blocks-jquery-web-critical-plugin https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jan/28/sky-broad...