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If they would fallback to the ISP's DNS server they'd encourage the ISP to block access to their DNS, which arguably would be even worse.
by hannob 8y ago
If they would fallback to the ISP's DNS server they'd encourage the ISP to block access to their DNS, which arguably would be even worse.
- mthoms 8y agoHonest question: is that even legal?
- CobrastanJorji 8y agoIn the US? Oh man, it's even worse than that. ISPs can probably legally choose to block whatever, including editorially blocking content they find offensive. Your ISP could legally choose to just start blocking port 443 because they want to make sure you're not looking at anything inappropriate. Comcast will straight up mutate HTML content sometimes to insert their own JavaScript: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15890551 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15890551