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This reminds me of another ISP scam. Around 2010, my ISP would occasionally inject pop-up ads into clear text HTTP pages. Apparently the solution was to call in
by oefrha 3y ago
This reminds me of another ISP scam. Around 2010, my ISP would occasionally inject pop-up ads into clear text HTTP pages. Apparently the solution was to call in a complaint. The customer support agent would act surprised (lol) and promise to investigate, and no ad would be delivered to the complaining customer afterwards.
- immibis 3y agoThis was one of the main reasons HTTPS took off. The other was Firesheep.
- pixl97 3y agoYea, everyone gets mad at Google for requiring https nearly everywhere, but outside of actual hackers, the ISPs were the cause of this. Redirecting you to an add page is terrible enough, ensuring that the ads on that page eventually served malware was the icing on the cake.