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I'm not sure if it still works like this or not, but up here in Canada with Shaw cable for the longest time, it just started out of nowhere one day, I'd always

I'm not sure if it still works like this or not, but up here in Canada with Shaw cable for the longest time, it just started out of nowhere one day, I'd always get redirected to a Shaw landing page or have Shaw ads injected into pages when I was browsing. I finally really noticed it one day so I did some searching at the time and found out Shaw has an option in their account page(enabled by default), I can't remember what it's called, something like 'Shaw enhanced browsing' or some shit, but basically this 'feature' allows shaw to route traffic through their servers and inject content into sites. There was no description of this option in the account settings, they were buried 3 or 4 layers deep, there was no mention of this 'feature' from any of Shaw's customer service people, the only way I discovered this was through some random forum conversation I found. There was also people mentioning (this never happened to me)that despite switching the option off, they would find it turned back on again a day or two later and have to repeat the process. I have no idea if this is still the case, this would have been quite a while ago now, but I was pretty unimpressed when I figured it out and realized what was going on.

grepsedawk 7y ago
IMHO getting redirected would be WIDELY more acceptable than injecting content.
- ianmobbs 7y ago
  I mean I suppose, but even that seems wildly inappropriate.
  - grepsedawk 7y ago
    I agree, but I still think it's "better"
- thenewnewguy 7y ago
  > 'm not sure if it still works like this or not, but up here in Canada with Shaw cable for the longest time, it just started out of nowhere one day, I'd always get redirected to a Shaw landing page or have Shaw ads injected into pages when I was browsing.
- grawprog 7y ago
  I'm not sure if I described it clearly, with this mode on, all of your traffic was being redirected to a Shaw server before being routed to where it was supposed to go. It was like being connected to a vpn that existed solely to serve me ads. They were blocking ads on websites and replacing them with their own from their servers, I would get popup ads from them that were not being stopped by adblock, every misspelled or dead URL would take me to their landing page full of ads for their services. Not only were they interfering with my traffic, but they were interfering with the monetization of website. As much as I dislike ads, I'd rather the site owners get the ad revenue for my browsing than a company I'm already paying for internet.
- cortesoft 7y ago
  How do you redirect without injecting content?
14 7y ago
I am currently trying to find this feature you mentioned. Are you still a Shaw customer able to look again to where exactly in the account it is because I can not find it or mention of it online? Thanks
- grawprog 7y ago
  This would have been at least 9 years ago if not longer. I honestly never looked again after it stopped happening. Edit:i did find this discussion on hacker news about Shaw's hijacking from 2014. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6993831 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6993831
- mthoms 7y ago
  I've been a Shaw customer for more than three or four years and have never seen (or heard of) anything like this. I have a feeling, if this ever happened, it was closer to a decade ago.
CharlesColeman 7y ago
> I can't remember what it's called, something like 'Shaw enhanced browsing' or some shit, but basically this 'feature' allows shaw to route traffic through their servers and inject content into sites. Stuff like this makes me wish it were a criminal offense to dishonestly describe a feature as an "enhancement" or "improvement" when 9/10 users would not see it that way.

grepsedawk 7y ago

IMHO getting redirected would be WIDELY more acceptable than injecting content.

ianmobbs 7y ago
I mean I suppose, but even that seems wildly inappropriate.
- grepsedawk 7y ago
  I agree, but I still think it's "better"
thenewnewguy 7y ago
> 'm not sure if it still works like this or not, but up here in Canada with Shaw cable for the longest time, it just started out of nowhere one day, I'd always get redirected to a Shaw landing page or have Shaw ads injected into pages when I was browsing.
grawprog 7y ago
I'm not sure if I described it clearly, with this mode on, all of your traffic was being redirected to a Shaw server before being routed to where it was supposed to go. It was like being connected to a vpn that existed solely to serve me ads. They were blocking ads on websites and replacing them with their own from their servers, I would get popup ads from them that were not being stopped by adblock, every misspelled or dead URL would take me to their landing page full of ads for their services. Not only were they interfering with my traffic, but they were interfering with the monetization of website. As much as I dislike ads, I'd rather the site owners get the ad revenue for my browsing than a company I'm already paying for internet.
cortesoft 7y ago
How do you redirect without injecting content?

14 7y ago

I am currently trying to find this feature you mentioned. Are you still a Shaw customer able to look again to where exactly in the account it is because I can not find it or mention of it online? Thanks

grawprog 7y ago
This would have been at least 9 years ago if not longer. I honestly never looked again after it stopped happening. Edit:i did find this discussion on hacker news about Shaw's hijacking from 2014. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6993831 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6993831
mthoms 7y ago
I've been a Shaw customer for more than three or four years and have never seen (or heard of) anything like this. I have a feeling, if this ever happened, it was closer to a decade ago.

CharlesColeman 7y ago

> I can't remember what it's called, something like 'Shaw enhanced browsing' or some shit, but basically this 'feature' allows shaw to route traffic through their servers and inject content into sites. Stuff like this makes me wish it were a criminal offense to dishonestly describe a feature as an "enhancement" or "improvement" when 9/10 users would not see it that way.