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Mr_Anon_Name
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Mr_Anon_Name

Anon

Browser Hijacks won't work

There's no way in hell that Browser makers will allow commercial hijacks. Especially from copyright trolls.

cowboy
So Much For Subtlety
Premium Member
join:2000-03-14
La Grange, KY

cowboy

Premium Member

The browser is not at risk of alteration - 'tis just the supporting DNS that is at risk.

This is no different than the DNS hijinks used by captive portals (hotels/etc) and the ISPs that redirect typos to their own web
rradina
join:2000-08-08
Chesterfield, MO

rradina

Member

If it's like the hotel systems, you don't get access to anything until you do whatever they ask (enter room number, credit card, name, phone, whatever...) VPN doesn't work and the only thing you can access is the hotel's web site for informational purposes.
ncbill
Premium Member
join:2007-01-23
Winston Salem, NC

ncbill

Premium Member

so the first time a naive pirate gets this they pay $20 & get their access restored.

then they add a VPN (software or hardware)

from then on all the ISP sees is all their traffic going through a foreign server.

so they're never bothered again.