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Tool Detects "In-Flight" Webpage Alterations

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the its-like-a-foil-hat-for-your-browser dept.

TheWoozle writes "In a follow-up to a recent story about ISPs inserting ads into web pages, the University of Washington security and privacy research group has teamed with the International Computer Science Institute (ICSI) to develop an online tool to help you identify if your ISP is inserting ads or otherwise modifying the web pages you request."

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  1. Should just block all ads, but... by nokilli · · Score: 4, Interesting

    If that isn't desirable, do a patch to Apache that creates a header that holds a hash of the content.
    The hash gets calculated once for static content, which is usually the bulk of the traffic, no? So
    not too big of a hit.

    Browser sees content. Browser sees hash. Browser compares the two...

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