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by rocqua 3047 days ago
ISP's intercepting HTTP traffic to modify it is far from unheard of. In the best case, this is to notify customers of required changes. This is actually used by comcast [1]. In the worst case, this is a service sold to advertisers, or a service that includes arbitrary java-script injection. For something close to the worst case, see [2] (previously discussed on HN [3]).

[1] https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6108

[2] https://defplex.wordpress.com/2017/08/15/how-a-south-african...

[3] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15423393

1 comments

Why on Earth would you visit plain HTTP sites with JavaScript enabled?
Because you have to be in the know-how and do work to achieve that?