| How was it done? I think the important question to ask Windstream--and to keep asking until it gets answered--is how this was done. My guess is DPI or a blatant redirection of traffic, and I'm going to stick with that until Windstream can provide a credible alternative explanation.
And I don't buy for one second that this was accidental. How the hell do you accidentally redirect someone's search toolbar? Even assuming there was no DPI involved, and all they were doing was redirecting queries directed at Google, why would someone be playing around with that in the first place?
While the network-wide rollout of this may have been premature, I don't believe this little project was accidental. In a way, though, I'm glad it happened because it shows how traffic can be redirected by the ISP or someone farther upstream. People need to realize how easily intercepted their traffic can be. |
