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Developer discovers their ISP was hijacking DNS requests

Original: So my ISP was hijacking my DNS

A developer has documented how their internet service provider was intercepting and tampering with DNS lookups, redirecting queries instead of resolving them properly. The write-up explains how the hijacking was detected and worked around. Readers are discussing how common ISP-level DNS manipulation is and how to verify whether your own provider does it.

Why now: DNS hijacking by ISPs is a recurring privacy and reliability concern that resonates with technically minded readers

Karthik HegdeISPDNS

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