So my ISP was hijacking my DNS
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So my ISP was hijacking my DNS was first seen on Lobsters · Hottest on Nov 4, 2026. Since then it has appeared in 111 checks on 4 different days. Its best position was #1 of 25, reached on Nov 4, 13:51 UTC. It dropped off the list after Nov 7, 15:51 UTC. The same link also trended on Hacker News, which raises its cross-platform score.
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This is a great summary of common misconceptions, nicely done! If you want to test your own connection for this sort of interference, you can run OONI: https://ooni.org/install/. The project is building more capabilities, like improved middlebox detection, which should make it easier to identify who exactly is…
I hate that DNS, as a technology, is so frigged up. Off the top of my head: * As this article states, UDP DNS interception/rewriting is trivial. You don't even necessarily have to be a MitM if you have any visibility into the network, because UDP. * DNS is supposed to be scalable and redundant, but in practice, well,…
I feel like I cleared that up in the first paragraph. But if not, YES, they tamper with that traffic too. They monitor and tamper with all DNS traffic over port 53.
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Is So my ISP was hijacking my DNS trending on Lobsters right now?
Not at the moment. It was last on the list on Nov 7, 15:51 UTC, after 4 days of trending.
What is the highest rank So my ISP was hijacking my DNS reached?
#1 on Lobsters · Hottest, on Nov 4, 13:51 UTC. Trendoday checks this list every 30 minutes.
How long has So my ISP was hijacking my DNS been trending?
It was first seen on Nov 4, 2026 and has been on the list on 4 days (111 checks) since.