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by viraptor 3834 days ago
What you say is technically true, but for a user it's complete BS:

- As a developer I looked for a way to disable this system - maybe something changed, but ~5 years ago I couldn't find any information about the 1.2.3.50 address and support told me it's not possible.

- Unless you're running a site that's professionally based on image distribution, you're unlikely to know no-transform exists.

- NoScript can block the bmi script specifically, not everything. Vodafone doing MITM shouldn't concern webdevs.

- The injection does not look nasty. It is nasty - you get no easy switch for it and cannot decide for yourself what behaviour you want. If you really want bandwidth saving, use opera mini - it's available for all phones now.

Sorry for being harsh, but I don't see how Vodafone's MITM can be defended in any way.

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Use https.