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Re:Keep the Internet Open by dragonwriter on Tuesday March 14, 2017 @04:58PM (#13871402)
> Guess what happens when G runs a banner under each search or Youtube video mentioning that performance is bad because Comcast is blocking things, here's Brian Roberts's phone number?

The ISP filters the banner before it reaches the customer, and replaces it with their own message (or just advertising from someone who has paid the ISP.)

Re:Keep the Internet Open by aianus on Tuesday March 14, 2017 @06:44PM (#13872188)
This is not possible on an https connection and HSTS preloading prevents ISPs from downgrading secure connections.
Re:Keep the Internet Open by gergles on Tuesday March 14, 2017 @08:51PM (#13872959)
In the near future: "To provide optimum security and privacy for your internet browsing, you must now install our Comcastic™ Special Magic Certificate®. Failure to install our certificate will result in browsing being restricted. If you don't like it, go to a competitor."
Re:Keep the Internet Open by nickpsecurity on Wednesday March 15, 2017 @12:13AM (#13873759)
That's very possible. It's probably better you dont even say it publicly to avoid given them the idea. Only a few companies have to implement it for it to become a national problem.
Re:Keep the Internet Open by logfromblammo on Wednesday March 15, 2017 @02:11PM (#13878370)
That cat is already out of the bag. Companies already sell MitM services to companies that want to monitor and filter the web traffic of their employees.

I suspect there are already niche ISPs out there that cater to the content-blocking impulses of certain customers by doing deep-packet inspection and firewalling at the gateway.

Re:Keep the Internet Open by aurelianito on Tuesday March 14, 2017 @09:22PM (#13873081)
I don't think they can break SSL in order to do that.