∞ CenturyLink Is Blocking Its customer's Internet And Injecting Ads

‣ Published on Dec 15, 2018

Rich Snapp writes:

CenturyLink is blocking its customer's internet until they confirm they've seen notification for paid security offering

Notification is injected into customer's browsing sessions using ethically questionable DNS Hijacking

CenturyLink claims this is required due to Utah S.B. 134 but bill sponsor says "not like this"

Those using streaming devices (FireTV, Chromecast, etc) or their own DNS offering (OpenDNS/GoogleDNS) don't receive notification to unblock their internet and are effectively SOL

If you haven't heard of CenturyLink, it's actually the third-largest telecommunications company in the US in terms of lines served.