Re:Brave, the false sensation of privacy
by jaywalk on Friday June 18, 2021 @10:34AM
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No, that was VeriSign back in 2003: https://www.icann.org/en/announcements/details/advisory-conc...
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Re:Brave, the false sensation of privacy
by unknown_error on Friday June 18, 2021 @01:25PM
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Ah, OK. I didn't realize verisign did that too. Comcast followed not long after...
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2009/08/comcasts-dns-red...
Comcast used to do a lot of messed up stuff. As I mentioned in a comment somewhere close to here, I've been a customer long enough to have seen those bad days and how they've managed to change since those days.
Re:Brave, the false sensation of privacy
by unknown_error on Saturday June 19, 2021 @10:56AM
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Have they really though? They still do DNS hijacking and bandwidth caps and speed boost for a few seconds only and automatic price increases and worthless bundles and such, don't they? They were so bad they had to rename to Xfilthy or something but their practices didn't really change as far as I can tell. What are some examples of things they've improved?
That's aside from all the political shenanigans they pull, trying to kill municipal broadband and net neutrality. There's scarcely a more evil ISP.
I switched away from Comcast as quickly as I could, and never had trouble with either smaller cable companies or fiber providers.