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Re:So my ISP was hijacking my DNS by robjan on Thursday November 05, 2026 @06:25AM (#50377875)
An example I remember is when Virgin Media replaced any DNS queries returning NXDOMAIN with their own "search page" plastered with ads.

https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2021/03/advanced-network-error-sear...

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Re:So my ISP was hijacking my DNS by dspillett on Thursday November 05, 2026 @06:42AM (#50377992)
Ah, yes, I forgot the NXDOMAIN hijacking.
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Re:So my ISP was hijacking my DNS by dreamcompiler on Thursday November 05, 2026 @10:48AM (#50380588)
Verisign tried this trick too.

https://dn.org/the-sitefinder-debacle-that-shook-the-interne...

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Re:So my ISP was hijacking my DNS by wolrah on Thursday November 05, 2026 @11:37AM (#50381231)
AT&T still does this, if you're using their (intentionally terrible) standard gateway device the default DNS will return a "search page" instead of NXDOMAIN which predictably has all sorts of negative impacts on non-browser devices but the wastes of oxygen responsible for this don't care as long as they see that delicious ad revenue.
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Re:So my ISP was hijacking my DNS by DaSHacka on Friday November 06, 2026 @05:15AM (#50390482)
AT&T definitely used to do this ~14 years ago.
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