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Most "fiddling" is by end users & NOT the ISPs

»www.cs.washington.edu/research/s···res.html
The vast majority of changes were caused by proxy software on the user's machine, such as popup blockers and ad blockers.
Out of 50,171 unique IP addresses, only 16 of the 657 "fiddled" pages were by ISPs:



So, by my calculations, that comes to 16/50171= .03% & not 1%
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Re: Most "fiddling" is by end users & NOT the ISPs

Obviously you've never heard of rogers cable internet up in Canada.

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Yes, it's less than 1% so far, according to the researchers. That doesn't mean it's not a problem.

If ISPs can get away with altering content on its way to or from the subscribers, it won't stop with ad injection. Eventually they'll be substituting news articles, rewriting emails, and preventing access to information.

It has to be stopped now, because once it becomes a significant source of profit, the pipe owners will apply political influence to prevent anything being done to restrain it.
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