mirrorbird(22:03:53)
apart from the painful user experience, that kind of shit can break all kinds of software, very uncool
mirrorbird(22:03:30)
once i had an ISP that redirected failed DNS lookups to advertising. that's malware. but if it's your ISP you're paying for it. paying for malware is ransomware. fortunately someone told them "FUCKING STOP IT" and they did
Agemixer(22:01:48)
Mir: Firefox seems to throw it in Google instead
mirrorbird(21:57:28)
don't see how it helps anyway. if someone has compromised your DNS you are already fucked
mirrorbird(21:56:50)
interesting, these made-up URLs give me "about:blank#blocked" in Chrome, must be a security feature? but means if i don't upgrade and a new TLD is introduced i can't see it?