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> But, more ominously, they can also have it changed for them by a website: "It is likely, if not inevitable, that infringement sites would use the same strate
by sorbus 15y ago
> But, more ominously, they can also have it changed for them by a website: "It is likely, if not inevitable, that infringement sites would use the same strategy, allowing a single site to instantly, silently, and permanently change a user's DNS path and evade DNS filtration and filtering."
That's very worrying, as presented. However, slightly later, it suggests that this either requires user interaction (still worrying) or the download of software (not worrying):
> "Those promoting pirate sites will simply create websites and postings that ask: 'Frustrated by getting filtered when you try to watch movies? Click here to fix the problem'," the article notes.
Would someone clarify whether this refers to downloading software to change DNS servers or a mechanism by which websites can actually do so? Of course, by Occam's razor, this is referring to software, since if a method for websites to change the DNS server of a visiting computer without user interaction existed then attacks of this nature would be extremely common.