Google Hijacked -- Major ISP to Intercept and Modify Web Pages

[CHR]

Google Hijacked -- Major ISP to Intercept and Modify Web Pages

Does anything seem a bit odd about the normally clean and pristine Google front door? What the blazes is all that ISP-related verbiage taking up the top third of the page? Why would Google ever give an ISP permission to muddy up Google's public face that way?

Well, as you've probably already guessed, Google didn't give this ISP any such permission. The ISP simply decided to modify Google on their own, demonstrating a real world example of ISPs Spying On and Modifying Web Traffic that I was discussing yesterday.

Read the entire article by following the link at the top of this post. More on this story at Wired.

What's to prevent an ISP from overlaying an ad from 1800 or FTD on top of your web pages? Right now - nothing! Why do you think AT&T, Verizon and other large ISPs have adamantly opposed net neutrality legislation?

Any of our Canadian members getting the overlays from Rogers?

 

[Audra]

Not me but I live in the land of Shaw Cable and my provider is Bell Sympatico.

 

[theRKF]

I'm using Rogers at home just to spite Bell, and Rogers at work not by choice.

No overlays here ... but my account hasn't hit the limit yet. Maybe I should spend some time on BitTorrent and see if I get an overlay?

Google is aware of this, and Matt Cutts ain't happy

Ryan

 

[bloomz]

Did you ever see how redzee hijacked results? They could shove yahoo, google, msn results down and replace the top 3 listings pretty transparently to the unknowing consumer.

Man can they deliver traffic tho.....

say no more, say no more

 

[theRKF]

JB,

I was thinking the same thing, although I couldn't remember if it was them or ePilot. Or both.

Ryan

 

[Rabbit]

It figures... money talks... net neutrality walks...
Rabbit lifts up receiver and disconnects acoustic coupler...