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Comcast is not alone in this. Cox Communications has been injecting code into HTTP traffic for years. I think sometime around 2008 I first saw them do it (I no
by Brybry 9y ago
Comcast is not alone in this. Cox Communications has been injecting code into HTTP traffic for years.
I think sometime around 2008 I first saw them do it (I noticed NoScript blocking a script on a page that it wouldn't normally). If I remember correctly, following it to its source hinted that it was a test for some alert system.
In 2012 I saw them injecting a script to notify people that their email servers were down ( https://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,27826161 https://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,27826161 ) though the paranoid in me thinks that was an innocuous way to test how acceptable altering traffic would be.
The escalation I've seen in the last couple of years is the ability being used for Cox customer surveys.
As far as I know they haven't injected anything into my SSL/TLS traffic... yet.
- CydeWeys 9y ago> As far as I know they haven't injected anything into my SSL/TLS traffic... yet. You say that as if it were even possible. Or are you referring to the use of SSL stripping? HSTS preloading (or visiting a site with HSTS headers that you've previously visit) will protect you from even that.
- jakeogh 9y agoThey did that to me a few months ago. I called up and canceled my decade old ~$90/mo acct on the spot. Tethered to 4G, works fine.
- thescriptkiddie 9y agoCan confirm. I didn't even notice until they started using their script to inject popups telling me I had "exceeded my data allowance". I literally canceled my Cox Communications account on the spot.