Because in this country the ISP is simply evil. There's no logic to it, it's just a blind opinion.
I'm sure the cellco is doing some sort of inspection/manipulation. But it's perfectly acceptable if they do it. The kids with no networking knowledge love these articles and the writers love the ad revenue. On Sun, Jan 18, 2026 at 9:01 AM Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote: > Why are media people so convinced that ISPs are snooping your DNS queries > and even manipulating DNS to redirect you? > > https://www.howtogeek.com/your-router-is-probably-using-the-wrong-dns/ > > > > Also the assumption that a small ISP can’t run DNS servers that can handle > the load (it’s not difficult). The only argument I can see is that Google > or Cloudflare has a bigger user base and is more likely to have results > cached. > > > > They never seem to offer any evidence that ISPs are actually tracking you > though your DNS queries or manipulating the results, they just assume > because it’s technically possible, it must be happening. Throw in a little > “all ISPs are evil” bias. It reminds me of all the warnings about public > USB charging stations and “juice jacking” despite no actual reports of this > happening. > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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