So my ISP was hijacking my DNS
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#7Peak rank
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91Score · 7d
Nov 5, 2026First seen
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- frostbyte7
- Posted
- Nov 4, 2026
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- karthihegde.dev
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So my ISP was hijacking my DNS was first seen on Hacker News · Front page on Nov 5, 2026. Since then it has appeared in 43 checks on 2 different days. Its best position was #7 of 30, reached on Nov 5, 17:07 UTC. It dropped off the list after Nov 6, 08:07 UTC. The same link also trended on Lobsters, which raises its cross-platform score.
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Noting this article skips over any discussion about why, or potentially (in the eyes of the law at least) legitimate reason an ISP might do this. Many ISPs in many countries are forced to do this for certain enforcement action that gets put upon them by their respective states for things such as age gating,…
My workplace is messing with DNS as well, probably to filter specific websites, and I would not mind it since for the context of my usage that is perfectly fair. But their DNS responses have latency spikes every couple of minutes of 1-2 seconds that was driving me crazy. I simply enabled DNS over HTTPS in Firefox and…
I fear a future where pretty much everything is trying to hack you or doing something which is indistinguishable from the meddling of a hostile actor. I suppose the answer is politics rather than technology: Get enough people together to make a rule against it, and at least it will become niche.
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Is So my ISP was hijacking my DNS trending on Hacker News right now?
Not at the moment. It was last on the list on Nov 6, 08:07 UTC, after 2 days of trending.
What is the highest rank So my ISP was hijacking my DNS reached?
#7 on Hacker News · Front page, on Nov 5, 17:07 UTC. Trendoday checks this list every 15 minutes.
How long has So my ISP was hijacking my DNS been trending?
It was first seen on Nov 5, 2026 and has been on the list on 2 days (43 checks) since.
How much discussion did it get on Hacker News?
187 points and 136 comments; submitted by frostbyte7 on Nov 4, 2026.