Belkin Routers Route Users to Censorware Ad

The Register has a story today about Belkin routers redirecting their users' network traffic. To me, this seems like the logical next step after top-level domain name servers piping ads to your browser. Now the routers themselves hijack the traffic they are supposed to, uh, route -- and you'll love where they send you instead. But it's OK because you can opt out. Incidentally, the Crystal Ball Award goes to Seth Finkelstein, who in 2001 quoted John Gilmore's famous aphorism about the internet, and asked "What if censorship is in the router?"

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Re:In case Belkin, Linksys, D-Link et al is listen

[tarzan353]

Way to take a stand. I'm sure these companies will decide to reject all that ad revenue in favor of the money they'll make off the one router you buy.

Belkin OWNZ j00

[stratjakt]

Belkin make some BAD ASS cables.

While you sissymaries are all whining about your wireless interweb, BELKIN is out there making pimp ass WIRES for those of us who know the score.

Btw, buy your networking equipment from a cable manufacturer, you get what you deserve.

You insensitive clod.

Re:Here's the angle I would take...

[Tin Foil Hat]

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