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Belkin Routers Route Users to Censorware Ad

Posted by jamie on from the happy-birthday-megan dept.

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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  1. In case Belkin, Linksys, D-Link et al is listening by HotNeedleOfInquiry · · Score: 0, Redundant
    Do this shit and I will NEVER buy ANY of your products again. Never.

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  2. In other words... by dark-br · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Belkin knowingly chose to hijack an HTTP query *WITHOUT THE USER'S PRIOR PERMISSION* to facilitate sales of their product.

    Thank you for admitting that Belkin spams and steals. That made it very easy to remvoed Belkin from our Corporate purchase program.

  3. Re:Some other ideas... by ShieldWolf · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I'm looking forward to to car that randomly turns left when you turn the steering wheel to the right.

    Whatever, Jacob.

    :P

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