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"Study: Some ISPs Still Hijacking Search Results (Lawsuit Follows)"
August 5, 2011 | Devin Coldewey, TechCrunch
excerpt:
Try this: open up a new tab and type “kindle” into the address bar. Chances are it will send you to a Google search results page. That is, unless the ISP is intercepting such rogue queries and doing what they will with them. A pair of computer scientists at UC Berkeley have found that at least a dozen ISPs are still doing this, the result being that, for example, when someone types “kindle” into the address bar, it doesn’t go to your preferred search results, but directly to Amazon’s Kindle page.
article-date:
Friday, August 5, 2011
recap:
A series of articles on evidence collected by Netalyzr that shows some Internet service providers may be receiving money to redirect users’ Internet searches through third-party companies and to large retailers such as Apple and Safeway.