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There are ISPs that will happily inject ads and tracking codes into pages you visit. This obviously doesn't work over HTTPS. https://security.stackexchange.com
by frankjr 5y ago
There are ISPs that will happily inject ads and tracking codes into pages you visit. This obviously doesn't work over HTTPS.
https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/157828/my-isp-bsnl-india-is-injecting-ads-using-phozeca-which-spoils-websites-and-mak https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/157828/my-isp-b...
https://superuser.com/questions/902635/isp-is-inserting-ads-into-web-pages https://superuser.com/questions/902635/isp-is-inserting-ads-...
https://old.reddit.com/r/india/comments/8ry1k4/does_your_isp_inject_malware_ads_in_the_websites/ https://old.reddit.com/r/india/comments/8ry1k4/does_your_isp...
- jart 5y agoEven with HTTPS ad injection is still very common and it's not just happening in India. Even laptops sold here in America by big reputable brands have been known to preinstall things like layered service providers that proxy deciphered ssl communications through a server in a foreign country that injects ads. https://ag.nv.gov/uploadedfiles/agnvgov/Content/News/PR/PR_Docs/2017/2017-09-05_Lenovo_Complaint.pdf https://ag.nv.gov/uploadedfiles/agnvgov/Content/News/PR/PR_D...
- mindless_solips 5y agoWhat an incredible link and story I hadn't heard of at all. Reading that Lenovo literally knowingly installed self-signed certs on their laptops to send encrypted traffic to ad bots is one of the more horrifying device manufacturer findings I've ever seen.
- xorcist 5y agoOf course it does. You just have to install their certificate. Whole countries engage in this.
- frankjr 5y agoI mean, if you go out of your way to bork the system then yeah, I suppose it does.